Question

Discuss the functions of the Municipalities and Municipal Corporation.

Answer 1

The functions of a municipality and a municipal corporation can be understood as follows:

• They are required to provide facilities for public hygiene and maintain them in a good condition.
• In order to maintain good standards of public health and safety , the authorities are responsible for providing hospitals, health care centres, dispensaries and other medical facilities.
• They ensure that vaccinations are provided for diseases like cholera, tuberculosis and polio.
• Education facilities like schools and vocational centres must be readily available to general public so that everybody gets a chance to develop themselves.
• They have to maintain a record of deaths and births in their respective town or cities.
• The building and maintenance of roads and bridges is the responsibility of municipalities.
• Ensuring that public transportation facilities are made readily and cheaply available for the general public is also the responsibility of municipalities.