Training On Capacity Building For Newly Elected Women Municipal Councilors

TRAINING ON CAPACITY BUILDING FOR
NEWLY ELECTED WOMEN MUNICIPAL

COUNCILORS
A two day training program was organized by PRAGATI (Panchayati Rule And Gender
Awareness Training Institute) in RLEK auditorium from 20 to 22 December, 2018. The program
was attended by 21 women municipal councilors from Dehradun.
The women councilors were apprised about the 74 th amendment of the constitution which is also
known as Nagarpalika act, the 12 schedule, power to impose tax and how to tackle the problem.
Constitution (Seventy Forth Amendment) Act, 1992 has introduced a new Part IXA in the
Constitution, which deals with Municipalities in an article 243 P to 243 ZG. This amendment,
also known as Nagarpalika Act, came into force on 1st June 1993. It has given constitutional
status to the municipalities and brought them under the justifiable part of the constitution. States
were put under constitutional obligation to adopt municipalities as per system enshrined in the
constitution.
Twelfth Schedule was added by the 74th Amendment Act of 1992.Twelfth Schedule of the
Indian constitution contains the powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities. This
schedule has 18 items.
 Regulation of land use and construction of land buildings.
 Urban planning including the town planning.
 Planning for economic and social development
 Urban poverty alleviation
 Water supply for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes
 Fire services
 Public health sanitation, conservancy and solid waste management
 Slum improvement and up-gradation
 Safeguarding the interests of the weaker sections of society, including the physically
handicapped and mentally unsound
 Urban forestry, protection of environment and promotion of ecological aspects
 Construction of roads and bridges
 Provision of urban amenities and facilities such as parks, gardens and playgrounds
 Promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic aspects
 Burials and burials grounds, cremation and cremation grounds and electric crematoriums
 Cattle ponds, prevention of cruelty to animals
 Regulation of slaughter houses and tanneries
 Public amenities including street lighting, parking spaces, bus stops and public
conveniences
This was followed by experience sharing session with Ms. Sharda Gupta and Ms. Anita. Ms.
Sharda shared that sufficient funds were not provided for the zila yojna and very few meetings
were held to discuss the problems faced, the funds that were provided did not come directly in
their account so they could not withdraw the amount required. Only some authorities could
withdraw the amount leading to delays and hampering the progress of work.
After experience sharing session the councilors were asked to report problems they were facing
in their respected areas. The problems reported are as follows:
1. Shortage of cleanliness employees, as there appointment is not done appropriately.
2. Regular cleaning is not done, leading to spreading of garbage after some time.
3. Cow dung is thrown in the drains by the dairies and drains get clogged because of which
it spreads and also creates foul smells.
4. Timely replacement of employees in the instances of death and retirement is not done.
5. Pigs are unchecked and they spoil the place by spreading garbage.
6. People dump the waste in the rivers because people appointed for cleaning are not
regular.
7. Drains get blocked because they are old and new lines are needed.
8. Water from the washrooms come out on roads.
9. At present yellow ration cards are issued but white ration cards are still valid so it
creates confusion.
10. There is lack of awareness amongst people about discarding plastic waste and
biodegradable polybags.
The following solutions were given to some of the problems:

1. Whosoever owns a dog should clean the dog poop whenever they go for a walk of get
poop collectors.
2. Drains should be made on the road side and pipes from the houses could be joined there.
3. Documents should be signed after proper verification.
4. More support should be given for women empowerment.
5. Heavy fines should be imposed on the dairies if they throw cow dung in the drains or the
dairies should be shifted outside the town.
6. More of coordination and cooperation is required.
7. More of meetings should be held for problem discussion.
8. Stores and general public should be made aware of 100% biodegradable polybags.
The training for the day was concluded by doing an activity to identify the problems faced by
Councilors in their area. This was done with the help of a big sheet which had pre-listed 8
problems. The councilors were asked to form a circle around it, they were given plastic coins and
were asked to place the coins on the problems that were faced by them in their regions. Most
voted problems were:
1. Cleanliness – 9
2. Employment – 9
3. Environment – 2
4. Water – 1
5. Electricity – 1
At the end of activity the councilors were advised the methodology of prioritising problems and
solving them.
Day one of Training ended with Vote of Thanks by the organisers.

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The following solutions were given to some of the problems:

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