JNNURM - GANGAPEDIA

City Development Plan for Agra City in the state of Uttar Pradesh under JNNURM
8. Urban forestry, protection of environment and promotion of ecological aspects
9. Safeguarding the interests of weaker sections of society, including the handicapped
and mentally retarded
10. Slum improvement and up gradation
11. Urban poverty alleviation
12. Provision of urban amenities and facilities such as parks , gardens, playgrounds
13. Promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic aspects
14. Burials and burial grounds, cremations, cremation grounds and electric crematoriums
15. Cattle pounds, prevention of cruelty to animals
16. Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths
17. Public amenities including street lighting, parking lots, bus stops and public
conveniences
18. Regulation of slaughter houses and tanneries.
In the case of UP, the municipal corporations have been performing almost all these functions
and therefore, when the UP Act of 1959 was amended in the year 1994, few changes were
made in respect of the functional domain. As per Chapter V of the UP Municipal Corporations
Act of 1959, Section 114 provides for as many as 41 obligatory functions are to be performed
and as per Section 115, as many as 43 discretionary functions have to be performed.
However, functions such as regulation of landuse and fire service are still not transferred to
the municipal corporation. Further the issue is that of duplicity of functions with the local body
as well as the state government. For the functions which have been transferred to the local
bodies, transfer of personnel and funds has not been made.
It may be noted that one of the key recommendations of the Second SFC of UP stating that
ULBs should be adequately empowered to discharge responsibilities marked for them in the
Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution has not been accepted by the state government.( as per
Report of NIUA on Impact of the Constitution 74th Amendment Act on the Working of ULBs,
Vol.1., p.32.).
The functions of the other organizations involved in urban management are as follows:
Table 10.2: Functions of organizations involved in urban management
S. No. Organization Functional Domain
a) ADA Landuse, largescale and development and housing project
development
b) UP Jal Nigam Planning, design and implementation fresh water supply, sewerage
and drainage projects
c) Jal Sansthan Maintenance of water supply, sewerage and drainage in the city
d) UP Housing Board Developing housing projects
e) PWD Maintenance of some of the roads in the city
f) DUDA Slum improvement
10.4 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
The main organization which is responsible for urban governance and civic management is
the Agra Nagar Nigam. The corporation has a democratically elected leadership from the
constituencies within the geographic jurisdiction of the corporation boundaries. The present
Corporation has been elected in the year 2001 and has duration of 5 years. The term is
almost completed and elections are again due in this year 2006. The organizational structure
of the various organizations is given as under:
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