Political groups Bhartiya Janta Party | ||
Type Municipal Corporation of the Kanpur Mayor Captain Jagatvir Singh Drona, BJP
Since 2012 Commissioner Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh) Leader of Opposition Pawan Gupta, Indian National Congress Political groups Indian National Congress | ||
Kanpur Municipal Corporation is a municipal corporation of Kanpur city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The corporation is the largest in the state of Uttar Pradesh with 112 wards covering area equal to 450 kilometres square.
The municipality in Kanpur was first established on November 22, 1861 under the chairmanship of a District Magistrate.
The first drainage system was established in 1872 and the first protected water supply in 1892. The city became a municipal corporation in 1959. Ram Ratan Gupta became the first mayor of Kanpur.
References
Kanpur Municipal Corporation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA