Municipal Council in Bijnor

The municipal council of Bijnor is also called as Nagar Palika Parishad. Bijnor city is a municipal board and headquarters of the district Bijnor. The municipal council of a city is nothing but the urban local self-government in the city which is the municipality. The municipal council members are elected by the people who hold the position for five years. Bijnor city is divided into 25 wards which are based on the city population i.e. 115,381 as per 2011 census and from each of the ward a representative is elected by Bijnor people on municipality election. These elected ward members vote among themselves to choose a president. The ward members along with the state government appointed engineer, health inspector, education officer and sanitary officer runs the local government.

Objectives of Bijnor Municipal Council

The main objective of Nagar Palika is to ensure quality service for Bijnor people, retrieving ideal solutions for complaints, ensuring proper answers for the replies and actions as per the standards in relation with the public services, maintaining transparency at every level, regularizing public services and creating awareness for public participation for public services.

Bijnor Municipal Council Departments

The departments working under the Bijnor Municipal Council are main council office headed by executive officer who supervises accounting, house tax headed by tax superintendent who supervises tax, construction headed by junior engineer who supervises construction works, water tax headed by tax superintendent who supervises tax collection, account headed by accountant who supervises accounting, light headed by light inspector who supervises street lights, water works headed by water works engineer who supervises water works, Auctroy headed by tax superintendent who supervises tax collection, sanitary headed by food & sanitary inspector who supervises sanitation, library headed by head clerk who supervises the library, garden headed by JE who supervises garden maintenance and health headed by sanitary inspector who supervises health facilities in Bijnor.

Responsibilities of Bijnor Municipal Council

The public service responsibility was handed over to the Municipal Council of Bijnor by the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Palika act 1959 which is as per the 74th amendment the local bodies were given responsibilities of public service. The main responsibilities of a municipality are sanitation and cleaning of public streets and drains, cleaning of public toilets and urinary, repair and maintenance of drains, emancipation of dead dogs, measures to control spreading of contagious / infectious, to remove the heaps of garbage, to remove the debris, sanitation and cleanliness of garbage houses, other works related to garbage disposal, cattle catching, dog catching, disposal of dead bodies of dead cows and buffaloes, maintenance of parks, securing the green trees in public places and release proceedings of dangerous and dried trees. The main source of income for the municipality is the taxes collected for house, water, entertainment, market and vehicle.

Online Services

The municipal council also provides online services for birth registration, death registration, property tax, water bill, grievance, employee details and wards detail on giving accurate inputs these services can be enjoyed by the Bijnor people. The birth and death registration forms can also be downloaded from the municipal council website and the details can also be retrieved from the municipal council office.

Municipal Council of Bijnor, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh-246701
Phone no.: 01342-260073
Landmark: Near Bus stand
www.nppbijnor.com