CRESCENT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

LOCAL GOVERNANCE HUMAN SETTLEMENT AND PLANNING

NOTES COMPILED BY

AMEER, AMREEN, ANUSHA, RAAFEE, VIGNESH, HAFIL, SHUNOON

11/7/2014

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LOCAL GOVERNANCE

CONTENTS

PARTICULARS OF ORGNIZATION, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF

VILLAGE PANCHAYAT

MUNICIPALITIES

CORPORATIONS

UREN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES

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VILLAGE PANCHAYAT

RURAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(GRAM PANCHAYAT OR VILLAGE PANCHAYAT)

Under the three tier system of democratic decentralization of Panchayat Raj Gram Panchayat

function at village level. It is the primary unit of local self-government. Now the Panchayats

are the agency for planning and executing the local development programme.

WHAT IS GRAM PANCHAYAT?

A Gram Panchayat is a local self-government which is responsible mainly for administration

of the village and which also looks after the welfare of the people in the village.

IMPORTANT OF GRAM PANCHAYAT:

1. It helps to train the villagers in the art of governing themselves.

2. It trains and develops local leadership.

3. It helps in securing participation of local people.

4. It trains rural people in democratic procedure.

WORKING OF GRAM-PANCHAYAT:

1. The meeting of members is arranged once in a month to take decisions about different

activities of panchayat.

2. Gram Sabha is arranged twice in a year. The first meeting is arranged in the month of April

or May and the second Gram-Sabha is arranged in the month of November. If required more

meeting can be arranged. All the voters are invited for meeting. In the first meeting progress

report, account and audit report of last year and in 2nd meeting budget and activities of the

next year are discussed.

SOURCE OF INCOME:

1. Land revenue of village.

2. Collection of various taxes such as house tax, water tax, marriage tax, professional tax,

vehicle tax, entertainment tax etc.

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3. Income from stray cattle pen (Kondwade) fines and sale of compost.

4. Grants from ZillaParishad.

5. Annual fair and festival tax.

6. Marketing tax.

FUNCTIONS:

1. Supply of water for domestic use.

2. Construction and repairs to public roads, drains, small irrigation bandharas.

3. Maintaining sanitation and public health.

4. Construction, repairing and maintaining public buildings, grazing lands, forest public wells

and tanks in good condition.

5. Lighting on roads and public places.

6. Controlling fairs, bazaars (public market) bullets cart stands.

7. Controlling and marinating village cemetery.

8. Taking part in Agricultural development.

9. Maintaining a library and opening elementary school.

10. Providing and maintaining a playground for children.

11. Construction and maintaining public latrines.

12. Watch and ward work.

13. Planting and preservation of trees on the sides of the public roads in the village.

14. Collection of taxes.

15. Providing recreational facilities through establishment of T.V. unit.

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MUNICIPALITIES

Local governments are the lowest level of government and municipal councillors are the

elected representatives closest to the people.

OBJECTIVE

They represent their electoral constituencies, provide a vision for development, and oversee

public finances. In order to fully respond to the needs of the community, elected

representatives must engage properly with their constituents.

FUNCTIONS

i) policy making,

ii) executive oversight and

iii) constituency

improvement. Simply put, councillors make laws, approve budgets and raise questions of

public importance.

As members of the Council and Wards Committees, councillors monitor the Corporation’s

activities in the provision of all municipal services

RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide Basic amenities such as

1. drinking water, roads, public toilets and bathrooms in hutments

2. Bus shelters

3. Corporation school classrooms, auditoriums, playgrounds and computers

4. Bins and tricycles for collection of garbage

5. Maternity homes, pharmacies, nutrition centres

6. Mortuaries, burial and cremation sites

7. Parks, children play devices in parks

8. Rain water collection and drainage at places owned by the Corporation, road-side

drainage,culverts across canals and roads

9. Roads and platforms, subways, traffic islands, fountains and road medians

10. Toilets, urinals and bathrooms

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CORPORTION

OBJECTIVE

Maintaining all the basic records pertaining to the corporation lands. Monitoring all the

developments in the city like building construction. Sub division of plots, layouts of lands.

Looking over to give approval for all developments in the city.

FUNCTION

The Corporation maintains roads, streetlights, and flyovers across the city and also the city's

cleanliness and hygiene levels. It maintains 1,160 roads measuring a total of 370 km and

storm water drain measuring 962 km and has 213,045 streetlights. Power consumption by the

streetlights amounts to 50 megawatts a day, costing 14,00,000. The Corporation has 260

parks and maintains 113 community halls for public use. The corporation registers about 400

births and 180 deaths every day. The Corporation also runs an abattoir. There are 23,538

staffs working in the Corporation. In 2011–2012, 190 million was allotted by the Tamil

Nadu government for the development of the city areas within corporation limits.] In 2014,

the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) planned to change its

11-kilo volt transformers with 1,784 ring main units (RMUs) that are compact and safe.

Departments

The Corporation has the following departments:

S.No. Department Headed by Responsibility

1 Council Council Secretary Functions as the Secretariat of the Council, the

Mayor and the various standing committees.

Aids the Mayor in the discharge of his duties

as well as the Council and Standing

Committees.

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2 General

Administration

Assistant

Commissioner

In charge of the personnel and administrative

matters for the Corporation as a whole

3 Financial

Management

Financial Adviser Preparation of Corporation budget, receiving

loans and grants from the government and

overseeing and controlling the expenses of the

Corporation

4 Land & Estate District Revenue

Officer

Leasing out Corporation lands and buildings

and renting out shopping complexes

5 Revenue Revenue Officer Collection of taxes such as property,

professional, advertisement, parking fees and

other taxes. At the head office, change of

name of ownership of properties, revision

petitions against fixation of tax review of

progress in collection of taxes and scrutiny and

approval of assessment proposals.

6 Works City Engineer Town planning, sanction of plan and permits

(up to first floor) for industrial and residential

buildings, and maintenance of private streets

and central asphalt plant and central yard.

7 Mechanical

Engineering

Superintending

Engineer

(Mechanical)

Purchase and maintenance of all vehicles of

the Corporation, attending to body building and

repairing of lorries, and purchase and

maintenance of school and office furniture.

The Printing Press, General Stores, and

General Workshop of Corporation function

under the control of this department.

8 Electrical Superintending

Engineer (Electrical)

Installation and maintenance of all street lights,

laying of cables, and maintenance of electric

crematoriums

9 Solid Waste Superintending Removal of solid waste and executing night

conservancy in all important roads and

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Management Engineer commercial areas of the city

10 Buildings Superintending

Engineer

Construction of school buildings, public

conveniences, community halls, shopping

complexes and hospitals

11 Storm Water

Drain

Superintending

Engineer

Construction, maintenance and desilting of

storm water drains

12 Bridges Superintending

Engineer

Construction and maintenance of bridges,

causeways and subways

13 Health Medical Officer Administration of dispensaries, public health,

sanitation, prevention of food adulteration,

issue of birth, death, and sanitation certificates

14 Family Welfare Medical Officer Administration of maternity and child welfare

centers, family welfare and immunization

programmes

15 Education Education Officer Administration of schools from elementary to

higher secondary levels, community colleges

and nutritious meals centers

16 Parks & Play

Fields

Director, Urban

Forestry Wing

(assisted by two Park

Superintendents and

one Stadia Officer)

Maintenance of parks, play fields, and

swimming pools

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URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

CONSTITUTION :

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is a statutory body constituted under

the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, as amended by TamilNadu Act 22 of 1974. The

Authority was initially set up as an adhoc body by G.O.Ms.No.2380, RDLA, dated

13.11.1972 and it acquired statutory status on 07.03.1975 (G.O.Ms.No.364, H&UD Dept.

(H&UD ) Department of the Government of TamilNadu (GTN).

JURISDICTION:

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has jurisdiction over the Chennai

Metropolitan Area (CMA) covering 1189 sq.km. Which includes Chennai City, 16

Municipalities, 20 Town Panchayat, 10 Panchayat Unions and 2 Cantonments.

OBJECTIVES:

The main objectives of the Authority are:

a) Planning for physical, infrastructure and economic development of the CMA.

b) Implementing the Master Plan for CMA and enforcing the Development Control Rules

framed under the Master Plan.

c) Formulating, co-ordinating and implementing projects for Metropolitan Development.

OUR MISSION:

Improving environmental quality as well as quality of life in CMA through the planning

process and implementation of plans and urban development projects

ORGANISATION:

CMDA consists of 7 functional units viz.

I. Area Plans Units (APU)

II. Area Development Unit (ADU)

III. Master Plan Unit

IV. Project Management Unit

V. Enforcement Cell

VI. Construction Wing

VII. General Unit

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Also supported by Administration and Accounts Wings. The total number of employees of

the Authority 776. The organization chart of CMDA is annexed.

COMMITTEES:

The Authority has constituted the following committees to assist in its deliberations.

I. Administrative and Finance Committee

II. Technical Committee

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http://agriinfo.in/?page=topic&superid=7&topicid=619

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WHAT-AND-HOW

http://www.transparentchennai.com/wpcontent/uploads/downloads/2013/07/Roles%20and%2

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http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/departments/land-estate/index.htm