What is Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation?
{{Infobox legislature | name = Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation | coa_pic = | coa_res = | coa_alt = | coa-pic = | coa-res = | house_type = Municipal Corporation | foundation = 1873 | leader1_type = Mayor | leader1 = [[Kirit Parmar]] |predecessor1 = |successor1 = | election1 = | leader2_type = Municipal Commissioner | leader2 = Vijay Nehra |predecessor2 = Gurudas Mahapatra |successor2 = | leader3_type = Deputy Mayor | leader3 = Geetaben Patel |predecessor3 = Ramesh Desai |successor3 = | leader4_type = Chairperson of Standing Committee | leader4 = | leader5_type = Leader of Opposition | leader5 = Shehzad Khan Pathan | seats =192 | session_room = | session_res = 250px | meeting_place = Sardar Patel Bhavan Ahmedabad | website = {{url|http://www.egovamc.com}} | motto = Handwork, Self-help, Service }} The '''Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation''' (AMC), also known as '''Amdavad Municipal Corporation''', is a government organization which manages the civic [[infrastructure]] and administration of the city of [[Ahmedabad]]. AMC was established in July 1950 under the Bombay Provincial Corporation Act (1949).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ahmedabadcity.gov.in/portal/jsp/Static_pages/about_amc.jsp|title=About the Corporation :: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation|website=ahmedabadcity.gov.in|access-date=2019-08-25|archive-date=2018-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425114642/https://ahmedabadcity.gov.in/portal/jsp/Static_pages/about_amc.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Administration == AMC is divided into 48 electoral division headed by a mayor which is largely ceremonial. However, the administrative head is a Municipal Commissioner, an Indian Administrative Service's officer appointed by the Government of Gujarat. For administrative purposes, the city was earlier divided into 5 zones — Cen