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The municipality in Kanpur, then Cawnpore was first established on 22nd November 1861 under the chairmenship of a District Magistrate. Lala Sheo Prasad was the first Vice Chairman of the association of Cawnpore Municipal Committee. The Town Hall building was erected at Cooperganj in the year 1879 with investment of around 2,16,000 rupees. [7]
Kanpur Nagar district, meaning Urban Kanpur District is one of the districts of the Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is a part of Kanpur division and its district headquarters is Kanpur . Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore.
The city also receives water from the catchment areas of rivers Ganga and Pandu. [69] However, while the total water supply requirement is 600 mld only 385 mld of potable water is being supplied. [69] The city loses water due to leaky pipes and contamination of natural water sources. [69] There is a severe water crisis in Kanpur. [70]
In the year 2000, the Mayawati government did a major reshuffle of the Allahabad division, and a separate Kanpur division was created. The Kanpur district itself was bifurcated into Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar. Kanpur Dehat was renamed as Ramabai Nagar, after Ramabai (1896-1935), the wife of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. In 2012, the name was ...
Kanpur Development Authority is the urban development agency of Kanpur metropolitan area, Uttar Pradesh, India. As the industries in Kanpur grew faster the village population also attracted towards the city. In present time the population of Kanpur city has crossed 30 lakhs(3 million).
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Kanpur District was divided into two districts, namely Kanpur and Greater Kanpur in year 1977. The two were reunited again in 1979 and again separated in 1981. Uttar Pradesh government decided to rename Kanpur Dehat district as Ramabai Nagar district on 1 July 2010. [2] In July 2012, it was returned to Kanpur Dehat.
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