Lucknow Municipal Corporation

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) (Hindi: लखनऊ नगर निगम) is the body responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration in the city of Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in short it is also known as LMC. It is the local government of the Lucknow city and it is one of the largest municipal corporations in India with the population of approximately more than 5 million people in the year 2020.

Lucknow Municipal Corporation

Lucknow Nagar Nigam
Seal of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded1884 (1884) as Lucknow Municipal Board
Leadership
Vacant
Ajay Kumar Diwedi, IAS
Structure
Seats110
Political groups
Government(58)
  •   BJP: (58)

Opposition(28)

  •   SP: (28)

Others(24)

Elections
Last election
26 November 2017
Next election
2022
Motto
स्वछ लखनऊ, सुंदर लखनऊ (Hindi)
Clean Lucknow, Beautiful Lucknow
Meeting place
Municipal Corporation Head Office, Lalbagh, Lucknow
Website
Lucknow Municipal Corporation

In 2021, LMC passed a budget of 1946.82 Crore INR for the financial year 2021-2022.[1]

Main Functions of the Corporation

This local governing body is responsible for planning and development of several civic community and infrastructure within different parts of the city. The LMC is concerned with providing local amenities to the citizens. Have a look at some of its major functions -

  • Maintenance & development of roads, subways, bridges, and flyovers
  • Spreading green environment concept
  • Developing the slums into better living zones for backward classes
  • Construction of health units, schools, and food canteens
  • Garbage disposal unit at every part of the city
  • Providing sufficient water and electricity facility
  • Free education with meal and clothes to poverty ridden children up to 12 years

Apart from these social services, the LMC is concentrating on preserving the city heritage structure and buildings. The municipality is responsible for issuing of birth and death certificate to city residents. This policy helps in maintaining a record on the population growth rate.

The city development plan (CDP) is a project undertaken by LMC in association with JNNURM. The main purpose of this project is to offer a through city assessment. This is required for development of the Lucknow city in the near future. There is a 3 tier strategy to be implanted under this plan:

  • Infrastructure & service delivery improvement
  • Basic services to urban poor
  • Institutional & governance reforms

The CDP formulation procedure was carried out after consulting the entire stakeholders associated with this project. One on one discussion session with every stakeholder was carried out.

Under the three-tier strategy, major issues to be focused and services offered include:

  • Water Supply
  • Sewerage and Sanitation
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Drainage
  • Transportation

Another project undertaken by LMC is city GIS mapping. The municipality will conduct a detailed GIS mapping of the city. This will help in locating any area within the city through internet. It is also a part of JNNURM program. Funding for this project is being provided by Central Government.

Developments

On 2 December 2020, LMC got listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), becoming the first civic body in north India to issue bonds under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).[2]

Departments

There are 7 working departments which comes under LMC.

  1. Health Department
  2. Home Tax Department
  3. Air Quality Management
  4. Garden Department
  5. Publicity Department
  6. Accounts Department
  7. Property Department

Administration
  • The LMC is headed by an IAS officer who serves as Municipal Commissioner and appointed by the Uttar Pradesh Government, having all the executive powers.
  • The Mayor, usually from the majority party, serves as head of the house. Mayor is known as the first citizen of the city.

The current mayor of the LMC is Sanyukta Bhatia while the current municipal commissioner is Ajay Kumar Dwivedi (IAS).

LMC Officials
Post Incumbent Since Appointed/ Elected References
Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia (BJP) 12 December 2017 Elected in 2017 LMC Elections [3]
Deputy Mayor Vacant - - -
Municipal Commissioner Ajay Kumar Dwivedi (IAS) 17 August 2020 Appointed by Government of Uttar Pradesh [4]

Legislature

LMC consists of 110 wards[5][6] for which a quinquennial election is held to elect corporators, who are responsible for basic civic infrastructure and enforcing duty in their constituencies (wards).

Various political parties nominate their candidates and the people of respective wards cast their votes during elections to elect the corporator for their ward.

Mayors

All Mayors of LMC are listed below:[7]

MayorTerm StartTerm Ended
Raj Kumar Srivastava1 February 19601 February 1961
Giriraj Dharna Rastogi2 February 19611 May 1962
Purushottam Das Kapoor2 May 19621 May 1964
V R Mohan2 May 19641 May 1965
Om Narayan Bansal2 May 196531 June 1966
Madan Mohan Singh Sidhu4 July 196830 June 1969
Balak Ram Vaishya1 July 196930 June 1970
Beni Prasad Halwasiya1 July 197030 June 1971
Dauji Gupta5 July 197127 JAN 1990
Akhilesh Das19 Feb 199030 June 1995
S. C. Rai1 December 199513 February 2006
Dinesh Sharma14 November 200622 March 2017
Suresh Awasthi23 March 201730 November 2017
Sanyukta Bhatia1 December 2017Incumbent

LMC Elections

2017
Lucknow Municipal Corporation Elections : 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sanyukta Bhatia 3,77,166 41.94
SP Meera Vardhan 2,45,810 27.34
INC Prema Awasthi 1,09,571 12.19
BSP Bulbul Godiyal 83,120 9.24
AAP Priyanka Maheshwari 24,577 2.73
NOTA None of the Above 5,449 0.61
Margin of victory 1,31,356 14.60
Turnout 8,99,214 38.64
BJP hold Swing

2012
Lucknow Municipal Corporation Elections : 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Dinesh Sharma 3,35,106
INC Dr. Neeraj Bora 1,63,282
Margin of victory 1,71,824
Turnout N/A
BJP hold Swing

2006
Lucknow Municipal Corporation Elections : 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Dinesh Sharma 2,21,713 30.33
INC Dr. Manzoor Ahmed 2,12,410 29.05
SP Dr. Madhu Gupta 1,58,918 21.74
IND. Shiv Kumar Gupta 34,155 4.67
IND. Shailesh Kumar Singh 25,631 3.51
RLD Bhawaan Singh Rawat 15,476 2.12
IND. Mahesh Diwan 11,169 1.53
Margin of victory 9,303 1.28
Turnout 7,31,097 N/A
BJP hold Swing

Corporator Elections of 2017
S.No.Party NameParty flag or symbolNumber of CorporatorsChange
01Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)5814
02Samajwadi Party (SP)28New
03Indian National Congress (INC)83
04Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)2New
05Independents1440

Source:[8]

See also

References
  1. "LMC executive passes ₹1946.82 cr budget". Hindustan Times. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. "Lucknow Municipal Corp bonds to list on BSE today". The Economic Times. 2 December 2020.
  3. "Who is Sanyukta Bhatia? Meet Lucknow's first woman mayor in 100 years". The Financial Express. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. "Ajay Kumar Dwivedi IAS posted as Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Lucknow | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". 17 August 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. "Wards" (PDF).
  6. "नगर निगम में बने 12 नए वॉर्ड, परिसीमन जारी". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. http://lmc.up.nic.in/pdf/mayerlist.pdf
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 December 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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