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Responsible for a range of functions:
                                                                           Three types:                                             * helping take care of the
                                                                           a) Municipal corporation
                      Local government                                                                                              infrastructure
                     structures in urban                                   b) Municipal council                                     * maintaining the burial ground
                                                                           c) Nagar Panchayat
                               areas                                                                                                * garbage collection and disposal
                                                                                                                                    * checking the implementation of

                                                                                                                                    government schemes

                                                                                                                                    * collecting local taxes and fines
          Decentralized,

      meaning they have

       a direct say in how
     their areas are to be

             managed






                                           Mechanism for citizens living

                                           in an area to come together

                                              and take decisions about                             Cities and towns are
                                                       themselves
                                                                                                    divided into smaller
                                                                                                                                              Ward committees facilitate
                                                                                                    units called ‘wards’
                                                                                                                                              activities such as:

                                                                                                                                              a) conducting health camps
                                                                                                                                              b) organizing a campaign against

                                                                                                                                              the use of single-use plastics
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