| Type | Municipal Corporation
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|---|---|
| Mayor | Pramila Pandey |
| Municipal Commissioner | Arpit Upadhyay, IAS
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| Structure | Kanpur, UP Municipal Corporation 2023.svg
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| Meeting place | City Hall (KMC Building), Moti Jheel, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
|
| Website | Template:Url |
Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) is a municipal corporation of Kanpur city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1] Kanpur has area of 108. 63 sq km. The corporation has 110 wards covering area equal to 403 square kilometres.[2][3][4]
History
The municipality in Kanpur, then Cawnpore was first established on 22 November 1861 under the chairmenship of a District Magistrate. Lala Sheo Prasad was the first Vice Chairman of the association of Cawnpore Municipal Committee. The Town Hall building was erected at Cooperganj in the year 1879 with investment of around 2,16,000 rupees.[5]
The first drainage system was established in 1872 and the first protected water supply in 1892.Template:Citation needed The city became a municipal corporation in 1959.[6] Ram Ratan Gupta became the first mayor of Kanpur.[7]
Elections
See also
References
- ↑ Kanpur municipal corporation::Birth Certificate.Grievance Redressal.online property tax .Civil Work. kmc.up.nic.in. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ↑ Kanpur City.
- ↑ Kanpur Ward Map. www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ↑ Kanpur Municipal Corporation City Population Census 2011-2019 | Uttar Pradesh. www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ↑ District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Cawnpore, Drake-Brockman, D. L..
- ↑ Kanpur. iitk.ac.in.
- ↑ History Of Kanpur Nagar Nigam : know the history of kanpur nagar nigam. Yugantar Pravah. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
External links
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