Rewa Municipal Corporation
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1950 (1950)
Leadership
Sanskriti Jain, IAS[1]
Ajay Mishra, INC[2]
Structure
Seats45
Political groups
  BJP: 18 seats
  [Independent]: 10 seats
[3]
  INC: 17 seats
Elections
Last election
2022[4]
Website
mcrewa.com

Rewa Municipal Corporation is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Rewa in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The organization is known as Nagar Palik Nigam Rewa and in short as RMC. It was established in 1950. This civic administrative body administers an area of 69  km2. RMC is headed by Mayor of Rewa.

The governing structure of RMC consists of political and administrative wings. The political wing is an elected body of councilors headed by a mayor. The municipal commissioner from the IAS cadre heads the administrative wing and is responsible for strategic and operational planning and management of the corporation. The commissioner takes decisions on behalf of the board or the standing committee formed from the elected councilors to perform the duties of the corporation.

Rewa Municipality Corporation was formed in the form of a municipal corporation in the year 1950, in January 1981, the status of Nagar Palik Nigam was given by the Madhya Pradesh government. At present, Rewa has a total of 45 wards in the city, in which 6 wards are reserved for Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in which ward number 1 and 43 belong to Scheduled Tribes and ward number 28, 38, 39, 40 is reserved for Schedule Castes.[5]

Services

The RMC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

  • City bus service - RCTSL [6]
  • Water Purification and Supply
  • Sewage treatment and Disposal
  • Garbage disposal and Street Cleanliness
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Disaster Management
  • Building and Maintenance of Roads, Streets and Flyovers.
  • Street Lighting
  • Maintenance of Parks, Gardens and Open Plots (Spaces)
  • Cemeteries and Crematoriums
  • Registering of Births and Deaths
  • Conservation of Heritage Sites
  • Disease control, including Immunization
  • Maintaining (Public) Municipal managed schools.

List of mayors

No. Name Term Party name
Start End
1 Ameer Ullah Khan 1995 1997 Indian National Congress
2 Savitri Pandey 1997 -
3 Kamaljeet Singh Dang 1997 -
4 Rajendra Tamrakar 1998 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Asha Singh 1999 2005
6 Virendra Gupta 2005 2010
7 Shivendra Singh Patel 2010 2015
8 Mamta Gupta 2015 2022
9 Ajay Mishra 2022 Incumbent Indian National Congress

Reception

Awards and recognition

  • On 13 January 2017, Municipal Corporation created World Record by creating Largest Human Depiction of Dustbin under Swacchta Survekshan 2017 to create awareness among the people regarding use of dustbin. Approx 6574 students from various school participated in this event. Event was inaugurated by Shri Rajendra Shukla Minister Commerce , Industry and Employment Government of Madhya Pradesh along with mayor Smt. Mamta Gupta, Commissioner Municipal corporation Rewa. Shri karmveer sharma (IAS).[7]
  • In the survey 2017 of the Ministry of Urban Administration, Government of India, the city of Rewa has made its 38th place in the country, while it is on the Third place in the Progress towards Cleanliness. Due to which the Union Minister of Urban Administration, Wakaiah Naidu has given the cleanliness award to Rewa during a program on Thursday.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "पहले दिन से एक्टिव हुईं रीवा नगर निगम की नवनियुक्त निगमायुक्त संस्कृति जैन, शाखाओं का किया भ्रमण, लिया फीडबैक" (in Hindi). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "रीवा में 23 साल बाद बना कांग्रेस का मेयर, अजय मिश्रा बाबा जीते" (in Hindi). 20 July 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "रीवा में 24 साल बाद कांग्रेस का महापौर, देवास-रतलाम में भाजपा की जीत". www.amarujala.com (in Hindi).
  4. ↑ "Madhya Pradesh Municipal Election Phase 2 Result 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Why are they celebrating, asks Kamal Nath after BJP loses 7 Municipal Corporations". 21 July 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "History". rewa.nic.in. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "रीवा शहर में सिटी बसों की संख्या बढ़ाने में आ रही अड़चनें, यहां जानिए कब तक करना पड़ेगा इंतजार". www.patrika.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "LARGEST HUMAN DEPICTION OF DUSTBIN OF DUSTBIN WORLD RECORD". www.swachhbharat.mygov.in. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Clean city award in Delhi, celebration in Rewa". www.naidunia.com (in Hindi). 5 May 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

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