Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation
Rupesh Jadhav till 2020 First Deputy Mayor: Sagir Ahmed Dange The VVMC is responsible for aiding in prevention of epidemic outbreaks through mass production of medicines, Cemeteries and Crematoria, Fire Stations, Garbage disposal and street cleanliness, House Tax, Lighthouses, Maintenance of parks and open spaces, Markets, shops, and establishments, Municipal water, Public health and hospitals, Registering of births and deaths, Removal of encroachments, Security, Sewage treatment and disposal, Street lighting, Transport and Construction of Roads.
The mayor (a largely ceremonial post with limited duties) heads the party with the largest vote.
Vasai-Virar is a city and tehsil (subdistrict) in Maharashtra state in western India, comprising the most populated part of Palghar district.
The city is located on the north bank of Vasai Creek, part of the estuary of the Ulhas River.
The population of Vasai-Virar was 1,343,402 at the 2011 census, up from 693,350 in 2001, 365,480 in 1991, and 219,868 in 1981, there exists slums and villages as well as urban zones.
Among them, Hinduism is practiced by 943,165 people which makes up to 78.05% of the total population, which is below the national average of 80.5%.
The total children population (below 6 years of age) is given below further divided into Rural, Urban, Male and Female Numbers.
The table shows the numbers as well as the percentage literacy of Rural and Urban population of Vasai Virar.
The table shows the total as well as rural and urban working population of Vasai Virar.
It is headed by a Municipal commissioner, an Indian Administrative Service officer who wields the executive power.
The position of mayor is a largely ceremonial post with limited duties but the office-holder heads the party with the largest vote.
The Major Railway Stations on Western & Central Railway in Vasai-Virar city are Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation started its own transport service on 3 October 2012 in association with Bhagirathi Transport Corporation Pvt Ltd, known as VVMT.
The majority of the VVMT display boards will only have the destination name written in Marathi.
[10] The VVMT bus routes are spread city-wide and also to neighboring cities and towns.
The internal places of Vasai-Virar city which are far from the Virar, Nalasopara, Vasai Road Railway Stations are connected by VVMT.
Mira-Bhayander City Bhayander and Mira Road are connected to Vasai by VVMT.
VVMT connects the last station in Mumbai's north-eastern suburb Mulund to the Vasai-Virar city.
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