Varanasi Municipal Corporation

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{{short description|Governing body of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh}}
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| native_name = ''वाराणसी नगर निगम''
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| leader1_type = [[Mayor]]
| leader1 = [[Mridula Jaiswal]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/BJPs-Ram-Gopal-Mohale-is-Varanasi-mayor-for-the-fourth-time/articleshow/14739890.cms | title=BJP’s Ram Gopal Mohale is Varanasi mayor for the fourth time | date=8 July 2012 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=15 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Having-won-Varanasi-mayors-seat-BJP-aspires-for-more/articleshow/14756464.cms Having won Varanasi mayor's seat, BJP aspires for more]</ref>
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
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| leader2 = Pranay Singh, IAS
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| last_election1 = Varies – individual mandate, up to 5 year term of office
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| meeting_place = [[Sigra]], Shivpurwa
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'''Varanasi Municipal Corporation''' is the governing body of the city of [[Varanasi]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The [[municipal corporation]] consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a [[mayor]], and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.<ref>[http://niyuktionline.up.nic.in/pcs/pcs_hod.aspx Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh]</ref><ref>[http://www.varanasi.org.in/nagar-nigam-varanasi NAGAR NIGAM VARANASI]</ref>

==History==

Varanasi has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government. Varanasi Municipal Corporation was established on 24 January 1959 as a Nagar Mahapalika under the Municipal Corporation Act of 1959 and in 1994 it was ungraded to Nagar Nigam. With 110 wards and currently the total area under it is around {{Convert|130|km2|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Varanasi City|url=https://www.nnvns.org/index.php}}</ref> and Kunj Bihari Gupta as cities first Mayor and P.K. Kaul as a Municipal Commissioner. The Varanasi Municipal Corporation is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, local planning, and welfare services. The mayor and councilors are elected to five-year terms.

Varanasi Municipal Corporation is part of various government schemes like [[Swachh Bharat Mission]], [[Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana|Hriday]], [[Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation|Amrut]] as well as [[Smart Cities Mission]].<ref>[http://www.smartcityvaranasi.in/ Smart City Varanasi]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh]]
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Sigra

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{{short description|Locality in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh}}
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 221010
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'''Sigra''' is an urban locality in the [[city]] of [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. The residence of the [[Mridula Jaiswal|Mayor of Varanasi]] is also located in Ghanti Mill Road of Sigra.

==Facilities==
The famous 10,000 seater [[Dr Sampurnanda Stadium]], used mostly for [[cricket]], is situated in Sigra.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1268.html Dr Sampurnanda Stadium] ''Cricket Archive''. Retrieved 29 October 2021.</ref>

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Varanasi district]]

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