Public Information Officer

Designation

Name of Officer

SPIO & Grievance Redressal Officer

Pu Lalremruata Kullai, Joint Municipal Commissioner,  Aizawl Municipal Corporation

Contact: 0389-2352090

SAPIO

Pu Vanlalthlana Royte, Superintendent, Aizawl Municipal Corporation



The Particulars of Organisation, Functions and Duties

The Aizawl Municipal Corporation is the authority of civic administration of Aizawl city. It was formed in 2010 with 19 Members when the Congress-ZNP party coalition was voted to power in the state legislative assembly. The AMC office is being administered by  Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Municipal Commissioner. It consists of 19 elected members representing 19 wards of the city and others appointed by the Governor of Mizoram. One-third of the total membership is reserved for women, these six seats shall be rotated after every five years. The tenure of the Corporation  is five years. There is a Ward Committee in every ward that consists of a Chairman, who is an elected councillor from that ward, and two members each from all the local council within the ward. There are 85 local councils having a term of 5 years.

Date of Establishment
1st July, 2008
First Election

3rd November, 2010

No. of Wards
19
No of Local Councils
85
Upgraded from Council to Corporation
15th October, 2015

Branch/Wings/Cell under Aizawl Municipal Corporation

  • Establishment & Administration
  • Property Tax
  • Information & Technology (IT)
  • Engineering
  • Registration of Births & Deaths (RBD)
  • Parking
  • Licensing of Shops
  • Finance & Accounts
  • Town Planning
  • Building Regulations
  • Solid Waste Management (SWM)
  • Site Development & Slope Modification (SD&SM)
  • Licensing & display of advertisement and hoardings
  • Vending
  • Renewable energy

Functions Transferred to Aizawl Municipal Corporation as per the 12th Schedule to the Constitution

1 Urban Planning including Town Planning
2 Regulation of land-use & construction of buildings
3 Planning for economic and social development
4 Public health, sanitation conservancy & Solid Waste Management
5 Urban forestry, protection of the environment and promotion of ecological aspects
6
Safeguarding the interest of weaker sections of society, including the handicapped and mentally retarded
7 Slum improvement and upgradation
8 Urban poverty alleviation
9 Burials and burial grounds; cremations, cremation grounds and electric crematoriums
10 Public amenities including street lighting, parking lots, bus stops and public conveniences
11 Vital statistics including registration of Births and Deaths
12 Provision of urban amenities and facilities such as parks, gardens, playgrounds
13 Promotion of cultural, educational & aesthetic
14 Cattle pounds, prevention of cruelty to animals
15 Regulation of slaughter houses & tanneries

Property Tax

Financial Year
Collection
2015- 2016
Rs.114.18 lakh
2016-2017 Rs. 220.02 lakh
2017-2018
Rs. 275.53 lakh
2018-2019
Rs. 286.59 lakh
2019-2020
Rs. 289.85 lakh
2020-2021
Rs. 324.10 lakh
2021-2022
Rs. 322.08 lakh
2022-2023
Rs. 572.94 lakh

Solid Waste Management

  • Dry & Wet Wastes collected by Aizawl Municipal Corporation are managed at Solid Waste Management Center (SWMC), Tuirial.
  • Solid Waste Management Center (SWMC), Tuirial is located at a distance of 22 kms from the heart of Aizawl city.

DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENT AND HOARDING REGULATIONS

  • Display of Advertisement and Hoarding Regulations 2013 commenced from 6th January 2014
  • No Hoarding Zone was declared and was notified on 6th May 2015.
  • For the purpose of cleanliness, Banner Display Application is deliberated whereby Rs.2000/- is submitted as security deposit in advance which is reimbursed after the applicant who is granted permission removes the display
  • Regulations is applicable to all advertisements within AMC Area whether on LAND, BUILDING, WALL, HOARDING, FRAME, POST, KIOSK, any STRUCTURE, or by any other means whatsoever by which it is open to public view in any manner, visible from a public street or places, whether moving or stable and cinematography
  • 206 Hoarding frames are tendered out of which 194 are currently utilised. 
  • Rs. 126.89 lakh amount of revenue generated from 2014-2023.
  • 1st April 2022 – 31st May  2023 – Rs 41,76,290

Received Amount from Advertisement and Hoarding since 2014 - 2023

MONTH New Renew REVENUE GENERATED AMOUNT (in Rupees)
2014 - 2015     1144866
1st April, 2015 – 31st March,2016 72 74 4,05,222
1st April, 2016 – 31st March, 2017 35 156 9,99,519
1st April, 2017 – 31st March, 2018 18 233 18,00,195
1st April, 2018 – 31st March, 2019 111 141 19,51,724
1st April, 2019 – 31st March, 2020 108 158 15,42,690
1st April, 2020 – 31st March, 2021 19 25 6,71,488
1st April, 2021 – 31st  March, 2022 2 11 88,691
1st April, 2022 – 31st   March, 2023     40,85,215
24th April, 2023 – 31st   May, 2023     91,075
TOTAL     1,27,80,685

Registration of Births & Deaths

  • AMC is designated as one of the offices of the Assistant Registrar of Births & Deaths under Economics & Statistics Department within AMC municipal area from 1st, Aug, 2016
  • Non-Delayed Birth/Death Certificate are the certificates that are registered and issued within 21 days from the date of Birth/Death.  Local Registrar of Births and Deaths (RBD) have the whole authority to register and issue non-delayed Birth/Death certificate without any payment of fees.
  • Delayed Birth/Death certificate are the certificate that are registered and issued after 21 days from the date of Birth/Death
Total number of Birth Registration
Sl. No Year Registered
1 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020  8607
2 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 7730
3 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 7647
4 1st April 2022 to 31st December 2022 5621
5 1st Jan 2023 to 31st May 2023 2488
Total 29605
Total number of Death Registration
Sl. No Year Registered
1 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020 2848
2 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 2578
3 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 2809
4 1st April 2022 to 31st December 2022 2401
5 1st Jan 2023 to 31st May 2023 1203
Total 10636

Shop License

Year
FreshRenew
2017-2018
990625
2018-20191374792
2019-2020
15521216
2020-2021
1215821
2021-2022
1980983
2022-2023
3118 1517

Street Vending

Supplementary Survey of Street Vendors was conducted during April, 2022 and identified 609 (new) Street Vendors within Aizawl ULB. And therefore, there are a total of 1826+609 = 2435 identified street vendors within Aizawl ULB area which were already approved by Aizawl Town Vending Committee.
No. of existing street vendors 
1826
Newly identified Street Vendors
609
Total Number of Vendors within Aizawl ULB area 
2435
No. of ID card renewed till May 2023
346

Site Development & Slope Modification

The AMC created a Landslide Policy Committee to recommend and draft specific policies that will reduce and manage the risks of landslides in October 2013. As a result, the Site Development and Slope Modification Regulations (SD&SM) was finalized in June 2014 & the SD&SM Regulations Notified vide Govt. Gazette No.B.13017/75/2016 – UD&PA dt. 4th April, 2017.

As per the Regulations, the Aizawl Hazard Map prepared by Geo-Hazard International was approved by the Aizawl Municipal Corporation on 28th June, 2017 (vide BOC Meeting). Before, implementation of the Regulations, the Geologic Review Board (GRB) was constituted as per Regulation 8 of SD&SM on 9th August, 2020.

Statistic of Technical Persons licensed under SD&SM 

Sl. No Technical Personnel Registered 2021 Registered 2022 Registered 2023
1 Engineer 62 81 57
2 Geologist 50 45 23
3 Soil Engineer 03 04 -
4 Group/Firm 05 05 -
Technical Person Total per year 120 135 80
Technical Person Total till May 2023 335

SD&SM Statistics as on May, 2023

      Total Applications Received              -  2892

      Permit Issued                                      -  2539

      Application refused                            -   75

 Rainy Season Restricted within AMC area

2022     –             AMC notified on 19th May, 2022;

                            period 1st July to 31st October

2023     –             AMC notified on 17th May, 2023;

                            period 1st Aug to 31st October


Plastic Waste Management

Plastic Waste Management Bye-Law was framed on 16th July, 2019 and came  into force  on  1st   August,2019 vide Notification number RNI No.  7009/1973. The Board of Councilors banned the usage of Plastic below 50 micron in thickness w.e.f 1st August, 2019.  This was followed by Aizawl being declared a Plastic Free City w.e.f 2nd October, 2019. Further, Aizawl Mayor declared AMC Office & premises as Single Use Plastic (SUP) Free on 21st June, 2022.

STATISTICS OF BANNED PLASTIC SEZIED

SI. No. Year No. of Shops Quantities Seized (in kgs)
1 2020 14 132.12
2 2021 122 329.05
3 2022 218 330.54
4 2023 831.38
Total 1623.09
As per the guideline provided to the AMC by SIPMIU, it is estimated that around 14% of the total Dry Solid Waste collected at the SWMC constitutes Plastic wastes. In this regard, the tentative collection of Plastic Wastes amounts to 26.92 MTPD (Metric Tons per day).

Building Regulations


Sl No Years Building applications received Building applications  rejected Building permissions granted Under process
1

2018-2019 (OBPAS commenced from 1.6.2018)

1947 10 836 1101
2

2019-2020

3194 19 3002 173
3

2020-2021

2377 3 2311 63
4

2021-2022

1736 16 2150 430
5

2022-2023 (as on 31.03.2023)

2667 8 2408 251
 

TOTAL

11,921 56 10,707 2018
Sl No Years Building Fee Unauthorized Construction Fine Technical Personnel Fee Sale of  Application Form
         1

2018-2019

Rs. 42,35,220 Rs. 42,32,689 Rs. 168,250 Rs. 25,500
2

2019-2020

Rs. 26,55,371 Rs. 23,22,104 Rs. 147,650 Rs. 14,000
3

2020-2021

Rs. 26,25,416 Rs. 15,90,772 Rs. 186,750 Rs 3,000
4 2021- 2022 Rs. 21,80,040 Rs. 12,72,683 Rs. 359,683 Rs. 52,400
5 2022-2023 (as on 30.04.2023) Rs. 32,66,789 Rs. 41,43,053 Rs. 256,800 Rs. 1,600
TOTAL Rs. 14,962,836 Rs. 13,561,301 Rs. 1,119,133 Rs. 96,500

Information Technology

i)                   Officer & Staffs Strength (as on 1.04.2023)

Sl No Officers/Staff Nos
1 Assistant Municipal Commissoner (IT) 1
2 Assistant Programme Officer (IT) 1
3 LDC 1
4 Casual Worker 3
5 Group-D 1
TOTAL 7

ii)                   IT Peripherals & Devices


Sl. No.

Description

Nos

1

Personal Computer Set

100

2

Canon LBP 2900 Laser Printer

83

3

Canon Image Runner C5560i Copier

1

4

Konica Minolta Bizhub 205i Copier

2

5

Konica Minolta Bizhub 227 Copier

1

6

Canon 2006N Copier

1

7

Konica Minolta Bizhub 550i

2

8

Epson L1455 color printer

2

9

Epson L1300 color printer

1

10

Brother HL-L5100DN Laser Printer

1

iii)                   Online Services

Sl. No.

Scope of Service

Description

1.

Online Building Approval System (OBPAS)

Launched on 1st June 2018 and currently operational

2.

Property  Tax Management System (PTMS)

Developed on 2021 for payment of property tax dues

iv)                   Offline Services

Sl. No.

Scope of Service

Description

1.

Tally ERP 9

Used by Accounts Section for maintaining Ledger Account

2.

Shop Licensing Software

A software for recording and issuing shop licence

3

File Tracking System

A software for tracking file movement at various locations