Research article

A CRITICAL EVALUATION ON ROAD-INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRIFICATION AND SWM IN SPECIFIC MICRO URBAN UNITS OF THE ULB AT JANGIPUR WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF MURSHIDABAD, WB, INDIA

Dr. Ayan Das Gupta

Online First: November 15, 2022


The improved services to be provided by the municipality will have to be rendered on time in accordance with the demand of the citizens. The Jangipur Municipality is not also an exception and it also looks forward the participatory and transparent governance, as well as trustworthiness and responsibilities towards the people. This is possible only through strengthening of the municipal organization and function and the Jangipur M has done the same. The municipal staffs that play a significant role in the service delivery system in the municipality organization have further developed their capabilities through improved technology and appropriate technical training. In this regard municipal office has also become more informative and citizens’ friendly by publishing citizens’ charter every year. The municipal authority of Jangipur has created economic opportunities to the people, specially unemployed youths of Jangipur Municipality by the help of livelihood maintenance and poverty alleviation Program through TCG, DWCUA and SHG Groups. Ultimately Jangipur Municipality has ensured for near further the sustainable socio-economic and infrastructural development of the society. In this regard Municipal Authority has always played a strong regulatory role regarding all kinds of illegal occupation and practices inside the Jangipur Municipal area but it has always appreciated all kinds of such endeavor have enriched the economic as well as social plinth of the society. Following the National state level and Municipal Rules, it has achieved the same .Simple and efficient organizational structure and long term innovative financial planning have served the citizen better that have adequate solvency in the Municipality. It has a long historical and renaissance back ground and ways to go into the premising future. The researcher here has tried to throw focus upon the road infrastructure electrification and solid waste management of the urban local body. With the help of cartographic representations, the primary (obtained through perception studies based on purposive stratified sampling techniques) as well as secondary database are represented to draw the geographically viable inferences.

Keywords

Road Infrastructure, Electrification, Solid Waste Management, Urban Local Body, Primary Datasets.