Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation

The municipal government of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, is known as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) or Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM).

It is the wealthiest municipal corporation in India. The yearly budget of the BMC is more than that of a few of India’s smaller states. According to the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act of 1888, it was founded. The BMC is in charge of the city’s and parts of the suburbs’ civic administration and infrastructure. The establishment of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation has the goal of enhancing the community’s infrastructure.

We at BMC are committed to giving our everything for Mumbai. We strive hard to deliver services and facilities to help our citizens, and also know that there is a lot more to be done to meet the rising expectations despite the ever-increasing demands from the limited resources.

Mumbai is one of the densest megacities of the world, attracting several people from all over India and the world, from varied fields such as finance, retail, manufacturing, technology, entertainment industry, etc

While we ourselves want to do a lot more, it is also important to pause, take notice, acknowledge and reflect on what has been accomplished so far, and how more efficiencies can be brought in by active and positive partnership from all the citizens.

Do check out glimpses of BMC’s work across Water Supply Management, Cleanliness Management, Fire& Disaster Rescue Operations Management, Health Services Management, Education, Open SpacesManagement through Gardens, Parks & Playgrounds, Heritage Conservation & Restoration, providing amenities such as Auditoriums, Swimming Pools, etc., facilitating public transport buses besides building infrastructure such as Roads, Bridges and Coastal Roads.

Bombay was the first British Indian possession, which came as a part of the royal dowry in 1661 to King Charles II of England on his marriage to the Portuguese princess, Infanta Catherine de Braganza. Ironically enough, Bombay also set the stage for the birth of the country’s historic freedom movement, as well as for some of its major landmarks, including Gandhiji’s 1942 call to the British to “Quit India”. It was in Bombay that the Indian National Congress was born in 1885. It led the country’s struggle for political independence and indirectly to the liquidation of the British Empire.
The name “Bombay” was changed to “Mumbai” by the Corporation Resolution No.512 dated August 12, 1996, Maharashtra Act, XXV of 1996
During the period between the rise and fall of the British Empire, Bombay gradually developed into a town, a city and a metropolis of world renown. Today, the Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika covers an area of 480.24 sq.kms with a population of 1,19,14,378 as per the census of 2001. The metropolis accounts major portion of India’s international trade and government revenue, from being one of the foremost centers of education, science and technological research and advancement
It is also pertinent to note that Mumbai’s all-round growth owed a lot to the early development of the system of local government under British rule.