Solapur Municipal Corporation

Solapur Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Solapur in the Indian state of Maharashtra.^[3] The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and police. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation. Solapur municipal council is one of the oldest in India, founded in the 1860s and was given municipal corporation status in 1963. Solapur Municipal Transport (SMT) is the department under corporation which handles public transport in city which has allegations of scam in bus purchase.

Solapur Municipal Corporation Solapur Mahānagarpālikā
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of the Solapur
History
Founded	1963; 62 years ago (1963)
Preceded by	Solapur Municipal Council(1898-1963)
Leadership
Mayor	Vacant (Administrative Rule)
Deputy Mayor	Vacant (Administrative Rule)
Municipal Commissioner & Administrator	Dr. Sachin Ombase (IAS)
Structure
Seats	113
Political groups	Administrative rule   BJP (49)   SS (21)   INC (14)   AIMIM (09)   NCP (04)   BSP (04)   CPI(M) (01)
Committees	Standing Committee Ward Committees Law Committee City Development Committee Women and Child Welfare Committee Sports Committee
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Last election	21 February 2017[1]
Next election	Oct 2025 (TBD) [2]
Motto
Nagarseva hich ishwarseva (IAST) "Service to the city is service to God"
Meeting place
Indra Bhavan, Ambedkar Chowk, Railway Lines, Solapur - 413001
Website
Solapur Municipal Corporation

History

Jurisdiction

Presently, the jurisdiction of SMC encompasses an area of 178.57 sq. km. , with a population of 12.27 lakh (estimated for the year 2021), which was 951,118 as per Census of India 2011. The city is divided into 8 administrative zones, 26 election wards, and 98 Census wards.

Profile of city

Category	Details
Lakes	2
Govt. Hospital/Rural Hospital /Municipal Hospital	2
Maternity Home	9
Private Hospitals	250
Slums	220
Annual Budget	785 cr
Prabhags	51
Councillors	102+5
Gardens	18
Park	7
Playground	13
Stadium	3
Exhibition Ground	1
Swimming Pool	3
Zoo	1

Administration and executive body

Solapur Municipal Corporation Political Map

The SMC is headed by an Indian Administrative Service officer who serves as Municipal Commissioner, wielding executive power. The Municipal Commissioner is appointed by Government of Maharashtra. The Municipal Commissioner is responsible for developing & maintaining civic infrastructure of the city like water supply, roads, storm water, drainage and efficient delivery of various services to the citizens of Solapur. The Municipal Commissioner deputes various departments to the Additional Municipal Commissioners, Deputy Municipal Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and various heads of Department in discharge of his functions. The Municipal Commissioner is assisted by Additional Municipal Commissioners, Deputy Municipal Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners.

Zones

SMC is divided into 8 zones for convenient administration.

Sr. No.	Zone No	Headquarter	Jurisdiction	Number of Prabhags	Corresponding Prabhag Nos.
1	Zone - 1		Gandhi Chowk, Ramlal Chowk, Saint Joseph School, Solapur MaNaPa, Siddheshwar Mandir, Bhuikot Fort, etc.	5	4, 5, 6, 7, 15
2	Zone - 2			6	1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12
3	Zone - 3			5	3, 4, 8, 9, 12
4	Zone - 4			4	14, 15, 16, 22
5	Zone - 5			6	8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 18
6	Zone - 6			6	5, 6, 15, 22, 23, 24
7	Zone - 7			7	16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26
8	Zone - 8			6	12, 13, 18, 19, 25, 26
	Total			51

Total wards count in the above table is 45 (actual prabhag’s count is 26), because of some prabhag’s are in multiple Zones.

Legislature and elected body

In order to make the administration of the city convenient, Solapur Municipal Corporation had a total of 26 divisions in 2017. So now the number of divisions has increased to 37. Each division had about four wards in 2017. In 2022, each division has a total of three wards. However, the exception is Division No. 38.

According to the new structure, the total number of ward is 113, of which 57 wards are reserved for women. While 16 wards have been reserved for Scheduled Castes, half of which are reserved for women of Scheduled Castes. Two wards were reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. One of the wards has been reserved for a scheduled caste woman.

Wards

Political Representatives

Ward No.	Wards / Electoral College	Population	Seat	Councillor/ Corporator Name	Political Party		Alliance
1	Kasbe Solapur -2 , Shelgi (Gavthan) - 1		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
2	Dahitane,Dayanand College,Satpute Wasti,Joshi Galli (Bhag),Kamakshi Nagar, Mitra Nagar,Shelgi - 2		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
3	Shahir Wasti , Ghongade Wasti, Jodbhavi Peth - 3		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
4	Bagale Wasti,Yalleshwar Wadi,West Mangalwar Peth,East Mangalwar Peth - 4		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
5	Kegaon ,Shivaji Nagar,Bale - 5		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
6	Basweshwar Nagar,Degaon,Aamrai,Damani Nagar etc. - 6		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
7	Nirale Wasti,Uma Nagari,North Kasba(Bhag),South Kasba(Bhag) - 7		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
8	North Kasba(Bhag),South Kasba(Bhag),Shukrawar Peth,Ganesh Peth,Sakhar Peth - 8		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
9	Market Yard , Kuchan High School - 9		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
10	Sagar Chowk , Mahalaxmi Chowk , Rangraj Nagar ,Pogul Mala - 10		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
11	Sambhaji High School.Samadhan Nagar,Mallikarjun Nagar - 11		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
12	Sunil Nagar , M.I.D.C - 12		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
13	Police Head Quarter , Walchand College Parisar - 13		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
14	Begam Peth , North Sadar Bazar(Bhag) - 14		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
15	Siddheshwar Mandir , Solapur Mahanagarpalika , Killa Parisar - 15		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
16	Modi , Shaskiya Vishram Gruha , Police Aayuktalaya - 16		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
17	Kongad Kumbhar Wasti , Shastri Nagar - 17		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
18	Shaskiya Krida Sankul , Aakashwani Kendra - 18		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
19	Nilam Nagar , Shramjivi Nagar - 19		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
20	Parasi Vihir , Swagat Nagar - 20		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
21	Mohite Nagar , Sahara Nagar , Gurunanak Nagar - 21		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
22	Ramwadi , Limayewadi , Revansiddheshwar Mandir - 22		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
23	Salgar Wasti , Nirmiti Vihar , Rajaswa Nagar , Soregaon , Pratap Nagar - 23		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
24	Sambhaji Talav , D-Mart,ITI ,Jule Solapur (Bhag) - 24		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
			D	Vacant
25	Vimantal , Hatture Wasti , Siddheshwar Sakhar Karkhana - 25		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant
26	Kalyan Nagar , S.R.P. Camp , Kumthe Gavthan - 26		A	Vacant
			B	Vacant
			C	Vacant

List of mayors

List of Mayor of Solapur City SMC^[4]

#	Mayor	Term			Election	Party
1	Parasmal Jairam Joshi	1 May 1964	30 June 1966	2 years, 60 days
2	Tatyasaheb Ghongde	1 July 1966	31 May 1967	334 days
3	Irayya Narsayya Boli	26 June 1969	19 June 1970	358 days
4	Ganeshappa Bali	19 June 1970	17 June 1971	363 days
5	Vishwanath Banshetty	17 June 1971	16 June 1972	365 days
6	Rajaram Burgul	17 June 1972	20 June 1973	1 year, 3 days
7	Baburao Chakote	20 June 1973	20 June 1974	1 year, 0 days
8	Bhimrao Jadhav	20 June 1974	23 June 1975	1 year, 3 days
9	Yunus Zainuddin Shaikh	23 June 1975	19 June 1976	362 days
10	Balchandra Shetty Alkunte	19 June 1976	19 June 1977	1 year, 0 days
11	Vishwanath Bhogde	19 June 1977	19 June 1978	1 year, 0 days
12	Sidram Malaya Adam	19 June 1978	19 June 1979	1 year, 0 days
13	Bhagwan Sakharam Chavan	19 June 1979	16 June 1980	363 days
14	Narayandas Rathi	16 June 1980	19 June 1981	1 year, 3 days
Administrator's rule		20 June 1981	9 May 1985	3 years, 323 days	N. A.
16	Puranchandra Punjal	9 May 1985	18 May 1986	1 year, 9 days	1985
17	Kishore Deshpande	19 May 1986	19 May 1987	1 year, 0 days
18	Bandappa Munale	19 May 1987	20 May 1988	1 year, 1 day	1987
19	Mahadev Mahindrakar	20 May 1988	19 May 1989	364 days
20	Dharmanna Sadul	19 May 1989	19 May 1990	1 year, 0 days
21	Muralidhar Patre	19 May 1990	29 March 1991	314 days
22	Umar Khan Nabi Khan Berea	29 March 1991	7 March 1992	344 days
23	Vishwanath Chakote	7 March 1992	20 March 1993	1 year, 13 days	1992
24	Manohar Sapate	20 March 1993	20 March 1994	1 year, 0 days
25	Mahesh Kothe	20 March 1994	20 March 1995	1 year, 0 days
26	Subhash Patankar	20 March 1995	20 March 1996	1 year, 0 days
27	Khajadaud Yusuf Nalband	20 March 1996	6 March 1997	351 days
28	Shevantabai Pawar	6 March 1997	20 March 1998	1 year, 14 days	1997
29	Janardhan Karampuri	20 March 1998	20 March 1999	1 year, 0 days
30	Sanjay Hemgaddi	20 March 1999	6 March 2002	2 years, 351 days
31	Nalini Chandele	6 March 2002	18 February 2005	2 years, 349 days	2002
32	Vitthal Jadhav	19 February 2005	5 March 2007	2 years, 14 days
33	Aruna Vakse	6 March 2007	30 November 2009	2 years, 269 days	2007
34	Arif Ismail Shaikh	1 December 2009	5 March 2012	2 years, 95 days
35[5]	Alka Rathod	6 March 2012	5 September 2014	2 years, 183 days	2012	Indian National Congress
36[6]	Sushila Abute	6 September 2014	7 March 2017	2 years, 182 days
37[7]	Shobha Banshetti	8 March 2017	3 December 2019	2 years, 270 days	2017	Bharatiya Janata Party
38[8]	Srikanchana Yannam	4 December 2019	8 March 2022	2 years, 94 days
Administrator's rule		8 March 2022	present	3 years, 162 days	N. A.

Revenue sources

The following are the income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government.

Revenue from taxes

Following is the tax-related revenue for the corporation.

• Property tax
• Profession tax
• Entertainment tax
• Grants from central and state governments like goods and services taxes
• Advertisement tax

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the non-tax related revenue for the corporation.

• Water usage charges
• Fees from documentation services
• Rent received from municipal property
• Funds from municipal bonds

Responsibilities

The body is responsible for administering and providing various services to the city's citizens.^[9] Such services include:

1. Building and maintenance of roads, streets and flyovers
2. Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
3. Public municipal schools
4. Street lighting
5. Maintenance of parks and open spaces
6. Urban development and city planning of new areas
7. Registering of births and deaths
8. Health & Sanitation

SMC co-ordinates with various other government organizations like:

• Solapur Traffic Police
• Solapur City Police
• DM & Collector Office

etc. for delivering these basic urban services.

Departments

Following are the departments in SMC

• Town planning department
• Building permission department
• Food Licensing department
• Women & Child welfare department
• Solapur Municipal Transport (SMC) department
• Health department
• Electricity department

Committees

SMC elected body which presides over administration through committees appointed and consisting the corporators/councillors of the house.

Following is the list of committees

• Standing Committee
• Ward Committees
• Law Committee
• City Development Committee
• Women and Child Welfare Committee
• Sports Committee

Services

Solapur Municipal Corporation perceives its role as the principal facilitator and provider of services as detailed below to provide a better quality of life.^[10]

• Property tax payment
• Temporary hording service
• Property tax concession
• Property card and daftari hukum^{[clarification needed]}
• Property tax services
• Licence services
• PMAY^{[clarification needed]}
• Ramai Awas Yojna^{[clarification needed]}
• Hutatma smruti mandir booking^{[clarification needed]}
• Laser show booking
• Cricket ground booking
• Hording services
• Marriage registration certificate
• New drainage connection
• Septic tank cleaning
• Disability empowerment scheme
• Fire NOC^{[clarification needed]}
• Ambulance booking
• Ghanta gadi service
• Pay gala rent
• Biomedical waste service
• Jalsuvidha^{[clarification needed]}
• Bhumi malmatta services^{[clarification needed]}
• Tree cutting application
• PMAY 2.0^{[clarification needed]}

Election

Solapur is one of the most important municipalities in western Maharashtra. Solapur Metropolitan Municipal ward number one had four wards in 2017. However, in 2022, according to the new structure, the division number is now divided into three wards. So a ward has been reduced. ^[11]

The following are the total population in the municipal elections in 2017, and the caste classification of the total population was as follows.

• Total population 24677
• Scheduled Castes 9010
• Scheduled Tribes 398

Election results

2025 results (Election Dates TBA)

Party		Seats	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	TBA
	Shiv Sena (SHS)	TBA
	Indian National Congress (INC)	TBA
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	TBA
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	TBA
	Others	TBA
Total		113
Source :[12]

2017 results

Party		Seats	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	49	24
	Shiv Sena (SHS)	21	13
	Indian National Congress (INC)	14	31
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	09	6
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	04	12
	Others	05
Total		102
Source :[13][14]

2012 results

Party		Seats	+/-
	Indian National Congress (INC)	45
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	25
	Shiv Sena (SHS)	08
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	16
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	3
	Others	5
Total		102
Source :[15]

See also

Solapur

Indira Gandhi Stadium (Solapur)

Solapur City Central Assembly constituency

Solapur railway station

Solapur Airport