1 where was the first iMunicipalCorporation of India established 2Name four officeswho work for the maintenance of civil amenitiesand - Social Science - Urban Administration

Question

1 where was the first iMunicipal
Corporation of India established?
2Name four offices who work for the
maintenance of civil amenities and services in a
district
3 What is Grant in Aid?
4 how is urban adminstrantion neglegency affacted to us ?
explain in the 4points (DONT LIST ITS FUNCTION)
5 write a short summary of the chapter in the context of dieases
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P. Sujatha · Accepted Answer

1) The oldest Municipal corporation of India was formed in the year
1688 in Madras, two years earlier to the formation of Kolkata
Municipal Corporation

2) The four offices or departments which
work for the maintenance of civic amenities and
services in a district are

Health, Taxation, community services, PWD

Grant in Aid

1) It is the money or fund allotted by Central government
to another level of government for a specific project and
they are usually accompanied by requirements and standards
prescribed by the governing body as to how they are to be spent

Results of urban administration negligence

1) If urban administration is neglected it results in the spread of
harmful diseases, for example, if municipal garbage collection is
not properly carried out, garbage may lay in the streets, dogs,
rats and flies get attracted by the smell and people get ill from
bad odor emitted from this garbage smell

2) People health conditions get worse and they would become ill

3) Children could not play outdoors and even if they do not do so,
they would become sick due to smell emitted from uncollected heap
of garbage

4) Negligence of this kind of work only hamper the routine life of
people who may rise protests against the erring officials and
departments

A short summary of the chapter in the context of
diseases

1) In a city, collection of garbage and making the streets clean,
providing basic amenities to the people like water, health, street
lighting etc are taken care of municipal corporation

2) Municipal corporation is divided into ward which is taken care
of by councilors The problems in the areas are taken care by ward
councilors who taken necessary action to solve the problem in the
area

3) The work in the city is divided into different departments, like
PWD, sanitation board, taxation and health etc, and the city
garbage is collected by garbage collection department of the
corporation and this department helps the city to be clean and
healthy

4) If municipal garbage collection department does not properly
carried out its functions, garbage may lay in the streets, and
would begin to emit foul smell and health hazards like cholera,
malaria, etc

5) Rats and flies get attracted by the smell and people may become
ill from bad odor emitted from this garbage smell if they happen to
pass by that area

6) Children could not play outdoors and even if they do so, they
would become sick due to smell emitted from uncollected heap of
garbage

7) Negligence of this kind of work hampers the routine life of
people who may raise protests against the erring officials and
departments