Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
History
Founded	1994
Leadership
Mayor	Smt Sulochana Das
Deputy Mayor	Smt Manjulata Kanhar
Municipal Commissioner	Sri Rajesh Prabhakar Patil, IAS
Structure
Seats	67
Political groups	Government (48)   BJD (48) Opposition (10)   BJP (10) Others (9)   IND (9)
Motto
Progress through Partnership for better Bhubaneswar
Website
www.bmc.gov.in

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation or BMC is the local urban governing body of the city of Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Odisha. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. This civic administrative body administers an area of 161 km² (62 sq mi).^[1]

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation was established in 1994.^[2] The city is divided into 67 administrative wards and 46 Revenue Villages.^[3] Each ward elects a councillor to the BMC. By means of the standing committees, the corporation undertakes urban planning and maintains roads, government-aided schools, hospitals and municipal markets.^[4] As Bhubaneswar's apex body, the corporation discharges its functions through the mayor-in-council, which comprises a mayor, a deputy mayor, and other elected members of the BMC. The functions of the BMC include water supply, drainage and sewerage, sanitation, solid waste management, street lighting and building regulation.^[2] Another ancillary civic body is the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), which is responsible for the statutory planning and development of the Greater Bhubaneswar area.