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 As in other districts of northern India mainly three seasons - summer, winter and rainy - prevail here, but sometimes due to severe snowfall in the Himalayas and Kumaon Hills, adverse weather can also be seen.
 Due to a number of construction and highway projects causing cutting down hundreds of old trees rapidly, the pollution and rising temperature issues have increased significantly.
+== Government and politics ==
+Ghaziabad city is governed by the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation under the [http://www.janaagraha.org/asics/report/Uttar-Pradesh-Uttarakhand-Municipal-Corporation-Act-1959.pdf Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act], 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The role of female human resource for regional development a case study of kanpur metropolis|hdl=10603/223280|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10603/223280}}</ref>  Ghaziabad city is spread over {{cvt|210|km2}} of municipal area.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Ghaziabad City|url=http://ghaziabadnagarnigam.in/ghaziabad-city.html|access-date=2020-08-26|website=ghaziabadnagarnigam.in}}</ref> It upgraded from a Municipal Board to a [[Municipal corporation|Municipal Corporation]] on 31 August 1994, following the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.<ref name=":1" /> Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (or Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad) is divided into 5 zones - City Zone, Kavi Nagar Zone, Vijay Nagar Zone, Mohan Nagar Zone and Vasundhara Zone.<ref name=":0" /> The Municipal Corporation comprises 100 wards, with councillors elected from each ward.<ref name="Ghaziabad Official Information" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Parshad List|url=http://ghaziabadnagarnigam.in/parshad-list.html|access-date=2020-10-29|website=ghaziabadnagarnigam.in}}</ref> The local elections to all wards was last held in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com News|date=2017-11-25|title=Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam Polls 2017: Ward-Wise Candidate and Municipal Corporation Details of Ghaziabad, UP|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/ghaziabad-nagar-nigam-elections-2017-ward-wise-candidate-and-municipal-corporation-details-of-ghaziabad-up-2675838/|access-date=2020-08-26|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref> The executive head is Mahendra Singh Tanwar, the current [[Municipal commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} while the elected head is the [[Mayor]], Asha Sharma from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Dec 12|first1=Ayaskant Das / TNN / Updated|last2=2017|last3=Ist|first3=19:14|title=BJP leader Asha Sharma sworn in as new Ghaziabad mayor {{!}} Noida News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/bjp-leader-asha-sharma-sworn-in-as-new-ghaziabad-mayor/articleshow/62039904.cms|access-date=2020-08-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
+The municipality has the following departments: Swachh Bharat Mission, Public Works Dept, I.T Dept, Property Tax Dept, Health Dept, Street Light Dept, Water Works Dept, Law, Garden/Horticulture.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad Official Website|url=http://ghaziabadnagarnigam.in/index.html|access-date=2020-10-29|website=ghaziabadnagarnigam.in}}</ref> It has an executive committee composed of businessmen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organization{{!}}GMA- Ghaziabad Management Association|url=http://gmaindia.org/executive.php|access-date=2020-10-29|website=gmaindia.org}}</ref>
+=== Representation in state assembly ===
+The city is represented in the Lok Sabha through one MP elected from the [[Ghaziabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lok Sabha constituency]] represented by [[ Gen. (Retd.) V. K. Singh|Gen. (Retd.) Vijay Kumar Singh]] from the BJP,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vijay Kumar Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- GHAZIABAD(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=1667|access-date=2020-09-23|website=myneta.info}}</ref> and one MLA elected from the [[Ghaziabad (Assembly constituency)|Vidhan Sabha constituency]], represented by BJP's [[Atul Garg]] elected in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Atul Garg(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- GHAZIABAD(GHAZIABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=186|access-date=2020-09-23|website=myneta.info}}</ref>
+=== Law and order ===
+In January 2020 it was announced that the police commissionerate system was likely to be introduced in Ghaziabad in phases.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-15|title=Commissionerate: New police system in Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Kanpur likely|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/commissionerate-new-police-system-in-ghaziabad-varanasi-kanpur-likely-6216869/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> The city police is under the state home department and is headed by Senior Superintendent of Police for the district.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who's Who {{!}} District Ghaziabad, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India|url=https://ghaziabad.nic.in/en/about-district/whos-who/|access-date=2020-10-29|language=en-US}}</ref>
+=== Development ===
+The [[Ghaziabad Development Authority]] (GDA), established 1977, is responsible for planning, development and construction of housing projects, commercial lands, land management and infrastructure.
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