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{{Short description|Local civic body in Warangal, Telangana, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation
| native_name_lang = te
| coa_pic = GWMC Warangal logo.jpg
| coa_res = 150px
| coa_alt = Seal of the GWMC
| coa_caption = [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] of the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation
| house_type = [[Municipal corporation]]
| leader1_type = [[Mayor]]
| leader1 = [[Gundu Sudha Rani]] {{small|([[Indian National Congress|INC]])}}
| election1 = 7 May 2021
| leader2_type = [[Deputy Mayor]]
| leader2 = Rizwana Shameem {{small|([[Indian National Congress|INC]])}}
| election2 = 7 May 2021
| leader3_type = [[Municipal Commissioner]]
| leader3 = Ms. Chahat Bajpai,IAS
| structure1 = Warangal Corporation_2021.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| seats = 66
| political_groups1 =
'''Government (48)'''
*{{colorbox|#F84996}} [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]] (48)
'''Opposition (18)'''
*{{colorbox|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (10)
*{{colorbox|#00BFFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (4)
*{{colorbox|#F757575}} [[Independent Politician|IND]] (4)
| session_room = [[File:WarangalCorporation.jpg|250px|Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation]]
| meeting_place = GWMC Building
| website = {{url|http://www.gwmc.gov.in/}}
| motto =
}}

The '''Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation''' ('''GWMC''') is the civic body of [[Warangal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telanganastateofficial.com/greater-warangal-municipal-corporation-gwmc/|title=Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation GWMC|work=Telangana State}}</ref> Its geographical area covers most of that administered by the [[Kakatiya Urban Development Authority]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150202235347/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=7&edlabel=TOIH&mydateHid=24-11-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00700&format=&publabel=TOI Warangal set to become greater ]</ref>

==History==
Warangal Municipality being one of the oldest in the [[Telangana|state]] was a major municipality in 1844 [[Fasli Calendar|Fasli]]. In July 1959 it was upgraded as a special grade municipality, in July 1960 into a selection grade, and then on 18 August 1994 it was declared as [[municipal corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://gwmc.gov.in/Default.aspx?desk=site | title=Welcome to Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation}}</ref> On 28 January 2015, it is upgraded to Greater municipal corporation by [[Government of Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150129/nation-current-affairs/article/%E2%80%98greater%E2%80%99-tag-warangal-corporation | title='Greater' tag to Warangal Corporation| date=2015-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2015-01-28 |title=Warangal made Greater Warangal municipal corporation |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/warangal-made-greater-warangal-municipal-corporation-115012801550_1.html |access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref>

== Smart City ==

The citizens of Warangal can hope for better facilities as the [[Government of India|Central government]] shortlisted it under the [[Smart Cities Mission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telanganastateinfo.com/warangal-to-become-smart-city/|title=Warangal to become 'Smart City' soon|work=Telangana State|date=2015-08-28}}</ref> The program enables the city to secure funds from the central government in strengthening and extension of existing services and its infrastructure.

=== Clean Cities Championship ===
In 2012, the city of Warangal was generating 300 tonnes per day (TPD) of [[municipal solid waste]] (MSW) of which about 60% was being collected by the GWMC. The residual MSW was piling up across the city, making it look untidy and creating an unsanitary environment. In these conditions, the GWMC devised an innovative solution to addressing MSW management – the Clean Cities Championship. Taking place over one week in mid October 2012, the GWMC invited waste management professionals from 57 municipalities across the state of [[Telangana]] to compete in the Clean Cities Championship.<ref name=hindu>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/Trash-driving/article15616669.ece|title=Trash driving|last=Acharya|first=Keya|date=2012-11-24|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Leading up to the event, a multi-channel information and education campaign (IEC) created awareness and excitement about the event via billboards, posters, pamphlets, radio jingles, TV ads, street plays, a web portal and TV shows.<ref name=wastepractices>{{Cite web|last=Malhotra|first=Meghna|last2=Baradi|first2=Manvita|title=Compendium Of Good Practices in Solid Waste Management|date=March 2015 |url=https://www.academia.edu/22906452/Compendium_Of_Good_Practices_in_Solid_Waste_Management_March_2015 |language=en}}</ref>

All the Clean Cities Championship participants were divided into 386 teams, with each team being given the responsibility of waste collection from 500 households per day. The teams went door-to-door and demonstrated correct waste segregation techniques to the householders and gave them two bins, one each for [[Biodegradation|wet]] and [[Recycling|dry]] waste. Each team spent about fours hours per day collecting MSW from households on its route.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/making-waste-management-a-sport-in-india/|title=Making Waste Management a Sport in India {{!}} Inter Press Service|website=www.ipsnews.net|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> The waste was then taken to central drop-off points where it was weighed and further segregated as required. The segregated waste was then taken to waste recovery facilities, which had been prepped ahead of time, here the organic waste underwent [[Anaerobic digestion|bio-methanation]] or [[compost]]ing, the [[Recycling|recyclable]] waste was sorted and recycled and the [[Inert waste|inert]] waste was sent to Marikonda dumpsite 15 kilometers outside the city.<ref name=hindu/><ref name=wastepractices/>

[[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] (NCC) cadets were the monitors of the competition and marked the waste collection teams on attributes such as gloves worn, masks worn, etc. Each day one man and one woman from across all the teams won a prize. At the end of the week, the best team ([[Khammam Municipal Corporation]]) won the Clean Cities Championship trophy.<ref name=hindu/>

Following the Clean Cities Championship, Warangal became the first city in India to achieve 100% door-to-door MSW collection. About 70% of households started practicing two-bin MSW segregation into wet and dry waste. 420 cement bins and 128 dumpsters were removed from locations across Warangal making it a no dump city.<ref name=wastepractices/>

GWMC was able to reduce the MSW going to landfill by 30% to 40%<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npcindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/7.2-Annex-for-NPC-Warangal.pdf|title=National Productivity Council India: Clean Cities Championship Case Study|access-date=6 June 2019|archive-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407083747/http://www.npcindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/7.2-Annex-for-NPC-Warangal.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the dumpyard with significantly reduced load is, in phases, being converted into a nature park with [[vermicompost]]ing sheds.<ref name=wastepractices/>

== Administration ==

=== Jurisdiction ===

Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) Inclusion of 42 Gram Panchayats into the limits.
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Allipur
* Nakkalapally
* Ayhodhyapuram
* Tekulagudem
* Bhattupalli
* Taralapally
* Kadipikonda
* Thimmapur
* Kummarigudem
* Bheemaram
* Paidipally
* Devannapet
* Chinthagattu
* Hasanparthy
* Pegadapally
* Komatipally
* Yellapur
* Mucherla
* Mogilicherla
* Munipally
* Rampur
* Dharmaram
* Vanagapahad
* Dupakunta
* Gundlasingaram
* Gorrekunta
* Kothapeta
* Potharajpally
* Palivelpula
* Stambhampally
* Arepally
* Vasanthapur
* Enumamula
* Janpaka
* Gopalapuram
* Unikicherla
* Kothapally (H)
* Singaram
* Madikonda
* Bollikunta
* Mamunoor
* Gadepallly
{{div col end}}

=== Politics ===
'''Political party performance in 2016:'''<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/telangana-news/7202-gwmc-elections-notification.html | title=Assembly Election Results Dates Candidate List Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News, Political Consulting Survey Election Campaign Management Company India}}</ref>
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!class="unsortable"|S.No. !! Party name !! class="unsortable"|Party flag !! No. of Corporators
|-
| 01 || [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) || [[File:Flag of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (India Nation Council).svg|75px]] || 44
|-
| 02 || [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) || || 04
|-
| 03 || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) || || 01
|-
| 04 || [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) || [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|75px]] || 01
|-
| 05 || Others || [[File:No flag.svg|75px]] || 08
|-
|}

== List of Mayors ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Term start
!Term end
!colspan=2 |Party
!Ref.
|-
!colspan=11 |Warangal Corporation
|-
!1
|T. Rajeshwar Rao
|
|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|bgcolor={{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|
|<ref>{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=Sep 10, 2002 |title=Mayors join fight against Hyderabad municipal commissioner {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/mayors-join-fight-against-hyderabad-municipal-commissioner/articleshow/21704370.cms |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!2
|Errabelli Swarna
|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor={{Party color|Indian National Congress}}|
|
|-
!colspan=11 |Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation
|-
!1
|Nannapuneni Narender
|15 March 2016
|
|rowspan=3 |[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
|bgcolor={{Party color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}|
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-03-15 |title=Nannapuneni Narender elected Warangal Mayor |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/nannapuneni-narender-elected-warangal-mayor/article8358961.ece |access-date=2022-12-16 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-03-18 |title=Warangal Mayor takes charge |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/warangal-mayor-takes-charge/article8373535.ece |access-date=2022-12-16 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
!2
|Gunda Prakash Rao
|27 April 2019
|
|bgcolor={{Party color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-27 |title=Gunda Prakash Rao is Warangal’s New Mayor |url=https://english.sakshi.com/telangana/2019/04/27/gunda-prakash-rao-is-warangals-new-mayor |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=Sakshi Post |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!3
|[[Gundu Sudha Rani]]
|7 May 2021
|''Incumbent''
|bgcolor={{Party color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayabrahma |first=Roja |date=2021-05-07 |title=Telangana: Gundu Sudharani elected as Warangal new mayor |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/telangana-gundu-sudharani-elected-as-warangal-new-mayor-685271 |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.telanganastateofficial.com/greater-warangal-municipal-corporation-gwmc/ Greater Warangal NEWS]
* [http://www.gwmc.gov.in/Default.aspx?desk=site GWMC: Official Website]
* [http://www.smartcitywarangal.org/ GWMC: Smart city Warangal Website]

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[[Category:Warangal]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Telangana]]
[[Category:1844 establishments in India]]

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Santosh pathak at 14:33, 19 March 2026