Guwahati Municipal Corporation

The Mayor and the Deputy Mayor are responsible for the 60 municipal wards of Guwahati Municipality Corporation, who is the head of a council consisting of 60 elected ward commissioners. The Commissioner is responsible for the proper functioning of the corporation. He is assisted by Additional Commissioner and Joint Commissioner. A Chief Engineer for The Water Works Department and the Public Works Department division is responsible. A Superintendent Engineer is responsible for the Garage branch. The accounts branch is the responsibility of a Financial Advisor, a Chief Accounts, and an Audit Officer. Each revenue zone is headed by a Deputy Commissioner. == Functions ==

Guwahati Municipal Corporation is created for the following functions: • Planning for the town including its surroundings which are covered under its department's Urban Planning Authority. • Approving construction of new buildings and authorising use of land for various purposes. • Improvement of the town's economic and social status. • Arrangements of water supply towards commercial, residential and industrial purposes. • Planning for fire contingencies through fire service departments. • Creation of solid waste management, public health system and sanitary services. • Working for the development of ecological aspect like development of urban forestry and making guidelines for environmental protection. • Working for the development of weaker sections of the society like mentally and physically handicapped, old age and gender biased people. • Making efforts for improvement of slums and poverty removal in the town. == Wards ==

• Conservancy • Water Works Tax Division • Public Works • Building Permission • Street light and Electrical Section • Municipal Markets • Sanitation & Health • Veterinary • Enforcement • Property Tax • Mutation Branch • Trade Licence • Advertisement • Slow Moving Vehicle Branch • Dead body and night soil removal Branch • Poverty alleviation • Birth and death registration • Garage Branch • Accounts Branch ==Sources of revenue==

• Property tax comprising a general tax, water tax, scavenging tax, light tax, and urban tax • Trade licence fee • Entry toll • Parking fees • Toll and rent from municipal markets • Tax on advertisements • Tax on slow moving vehicles • Animal tax • Building permission fees and penalties • Water connection charge • Fines • Share of motor vehicle tax • Share of entertainment tax • Share of land revenue and surcharge on stamp duty ==See also==