Mangalore City Corporation

The Mangalore City Corporation is the municipal corporation responsible for looking after the city administration of the Indian city of Mangalore, the second major city of Karnataka. It consists of a legislative and an executive body. The legislative body is headed by the city mayor while the executive body is headed by a Chief Commissioner.

Mangalore City Corporation
MCC Head Office, M.G.Road, Lalbagh
Logo of the Mangalore City Corporation
Formation1865
TypeMunicipal Corporation
HeadquartersMangalore
Official language
Kannada, English
Diwakara (BJP)[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The council started its functions with 7 members who were then district officers. Most of them were Europeans. The Vice-President was the administrative officer. The income of the municipality was about Rs. 15,000. The population and the area of the town in the year 1866 were about 28,000 and one square mile respectively. In the year 1871, the population of the town was 29,712; and there were 6,619 houses out of which 4,341 were attached. A dispensary was started for the first time in 1868 at the site of the Lady Goschen Hospital. Subsequently a series of legislations under the Madras Presidency resulted in the gradual empowerment of the local administration and facilitated many welfare activities.

Following the re-organization of States, the Mysore Municipalities Act 1964 came into force as a uniform act throughout the state on 1 April 1965, replacing the Madras District Municipalities Act of 1920. The provisions of this act gave a new phase to the municipality and it became a city Municipality. Ample opportunities were made in the Act to raise the income and also to carry out some of the obligatory functions.

The Town Hall of Mangalore

Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) came into existence during 3 July 1980,[2] which was formerly a Municipality and was expanded during 1996–97 by including Surathkal Town Municipality, Katipalla Notified area, Panamboor, Baikampady, Kulai, Hosabettu villages. Further during April 2002, it was further extended to include Bajal, Kannuru, Kudupu and Thiruvail Panchayath limits into Mangalore City Corporation.

Mangalore City Corporation presided by a mayor. Mangalore City Corporation currently has a population of more than 600,000 and area of 170 km2 and there is proposal to increase that to 304 km2 by including Mulky in the north and Ullal in the south. It is divided into 60 wards, each represented by a corporator. Elections to the corporation are held every five years and subsequently a mayor and a deputy mayor are elected for a term of one year. It comes under portion of two Lokasabha Constituencies, four Legislative assembly constituencies and one legislative council constituency.

The city corporation is now housed in its own premises located at M. G. Road, Lalbagh, Mangalore. Since its up-gradation as a city corporation, the civic body has spearheaded several developmental activities in the city and it has been adjudged as one of the best corporations in the state for 3 years continuously.

Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) belongs to Mangalore City South and Mangalore City North constituencies in Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Dakshina Kannada - Lok Sabha constituency.

Corporation Elections 2019[3]
S.No. Party Name Party Symbol Number of Corporators
01 BJP 44
02 INC
14
03 SDPI 2


Wards under the MCC

There are 60 wards administered by the Mangalore City Corporation.[4] They are

  1. Surathkal (West)
  2. Surathkal (East)
  3. Katipalla (East)
  4. Katipalla-Krishnapura
  5. Katipalla (North)
  6. Iddya (East)
  7. Iddya (West)
  8. Hosabettu
  9. Kulai
  10. Baikampady
  11. Panambur
  12. Panjimogaru
  13. Kunjathbail (North)
  14. Marakada
  15. Kunjathbail (South)
  16. Bangrakulur
  17. Derebail (North)
  18. Kavoor
  19. Pachanady
  20. Tiruvail
  21. Padavu (West)
  22. Kadri Padavu
  23. Derebail (East)
  24. Derebail (South)
  25. Derebail (West)
  26. Derebail (South-west)
  27. Boloor
  28. Mannagudda
  29. Kambla
  30. Kodialbail
  31. Bejai
  32. Kadri (North)
  33. Kadri (South)
  34. Shivabagh
  35. Padavu (Central)
  36. Padavu (East)
  37. Maroli
  38. Bendoor
  39. Falnir
  40. Court
  41. Central Market
  42. Dongerkery
  43. Kudroli
  44. Bunder
  45. Port
  46. Cantonment
  47. Milagres
  48. Kankanady-Valencia
  49. Kankanady
  50. Alape (South)
  51. Alape (North)
  52. Kannur
  53. Bajal
  54. Jeppinamogaru
  55. Attavar
  56. Mangaladevi
  57. Hoige Bazaar
  58. Bolar
  59. Jeppu
  60. Bengre

References
  1. "Diwakara from BJP elected Mayor of Mangaluru". The Hindu. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. "Smart City project to restore Century-old Mangaluru municipality building". The Times of India. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. "Mangaluru Corporation polls: BJP wins 44 seats, Cong 14". Deccan Herald. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. "Bharatiya Janata Party released 60 wards final list for Mangalore City Corporation election". Megamedia News.
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