Mayors of Gujarat cities seek more power(Video)
December 09, 2011
Ahmedabad, 9 December, 2011
The city of Ahmedabad today hosted a conference of Mayors of various cities of Gujarat. Mayors of Indore(Madhya Pradesh), Ahemdabad, Jamnagar, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhvanagar and Gandhinagar participated in this conference.
Central theme of conference was 74th constitutional amendment that was presented before 19 years by the government of India. This amendment was about formation of Mayor in council. In Indore Municipal Corporation this amendment was implemented 10 years back. As per this amendment, the Mayor elects 10 Councillors and they are allotted different committees. Mayor is elected directly by people according to this amendment.
One of the points discussed in today’s sessions was identification of cities and states where amendment is effective.
Other sessions in the conference discussed property tax related policy, sources of income and revenue through advertisements, AMTS, auditorium booking related policy, taxes,, infrastructural projects among others.
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