User:Malakwal City

Malakwal is a small town in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, Pakistan.

City Info
Malakwal town is a Tehsil in District Mandi Bahauddin of Pakistan. It is located around 225 Kilometer south east of Capital city Islamabad and around 35 Kilometer away from its district headquarter Mandi Bahauddin. It has moderate climate, which is hot in summer and cold in winter. During peak summer the day temperature rises to 45ºC, but the winter months are very pleasant. Only in the months of December and January the temperature goes down.

This town is very famous because of its Railway Junction. Up to year 2001 a lot of locomotive fans, from all over the world, used to visit Malakwal. Because Malakwal was the home of last SPS and SGS class locomotives in Indo Pak subcontinent.

Its population is around 50,000. Peoples of this area are really very hardworking. In tehsil Malakwal the land is very fertile and people's major source of income is farming. In this area wheat, rice and sugar cane are the major crops.

In this town There are only two government high schools for boys and only one government high school for girls and same is the ratio for Primary and Middle Schools. These schools are really not sufficient to accommodate all the students of this area. Because of this all the government schools are over crowded and students are unable to get the quality education. Actually these schools were opened several decades ago and now this Tehsil has almost tripled its population. But the numbers of schools are same. This town really needs some good new government schools so that a common person can send his kids to school.

District info
Mandi Bahaudddin is located in between two famous rivers, i.e., River Jehlum and River Chenab. Because of it's proximity with the rivers the land is good for cultivation with rice, wheat and sugar cane as main crops. It is bounded on the South by the river Chenab, separating it from the districts of Gujranwala and Hafizabad, bounded on the north by the river Jhelum separating it from district district Jhelum, on the East by district Gujrat and on the South west by District Sargodha. Mandi Bahauddin is located in the central portion of Chaj Doab lying between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. It lies between 30-8 to 32-40 degrees latitudes and 73-36 to 73-37 degrees east longitudes.

Boundaries
North. = District Jhelum

West. = District Sargodha

South. = District Hafizabad and Gujranwala

East. = District Gujrat

District Mandi Bahauddin is spread over an area of 2673 square Kilometres comprising of following three Tehsils.

1.Mandi Bahauddin

2.Phalia

3.Malakwal

There are 65 Union Counsils in the District Mandi Bahauddin.

Tehsil Municipal Administration
Tehsil Malakwal is one of the five Tehsils of District Mandi Bahauddin .It spreads over an area of 759 square kilometres with a population of 299,111 (as per DCR 1998).Malakwal town is in Mandi Bahauddin district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is located at 32°55'0N 72°24'0E at an altitude of 452 metres (1486).Malakwal was declared as small town in 1924 and raised to the level of Town Committee in 1928. After the implementation of Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001, it was given the status of TMA. Functions and powers of the Tehsil Municipal Administration. The functions and powers of the Tehsil Municipal Administration, according to the PLGO 2001, shall be to: (a) prepare spatial plans for the tehsil in collaboration with Union Councils, including plans for land use, zoning and functions for which the Tehsil Municipal Administration is responsible;

(b) seek approval of the Tehsil Council for the spatial plans prepared by it after due process of dissemination and public enquiry, incorporating modifications on the basis of such inquiry;

(c) execute and manage development plans;

(d) exercise control over land-use, land-subdivision, land development and zoning by public and private sectors for any purpose, including for agriculture, industry, commerce markets, shopping and other employment centers, residential, recreation, parks, entertainment, passenger and transport freight and transit stations;

(e) enforce all municipal laws, rules and bye-laws governing its functioning:

Provided that the Tehsil Municipal Administration may, with the approval of Tehsil Council, exempt any Union from application of any specific provision of the bye-laws made by the Tehsil Council under this Ordinance:

Provided further that the Government may, on the recommendations of Tehsil Municipal Administration through District Government, exempt any Union or a part thereof from the application of rules relating to land use, building control, tax on property or in any other matter dealing with municipal services:

Provided also that such exemption shall not extend to any organised housing schemes, zoning of industrial and commercial areas, and matters concerning environmental protection;

(f) prevent encroachments;

(g) regulate affixing of sign-boards and advertisements; (h) provide, manage, operate, maintain and improve the municipal infrastructure and services, including­

(i) water supply and control and development of water sources, other than systems maintained by the Union and Village Councils;

(ii) sewage and sewage treatment and disposal;

(iii) storm water drainage;

(iv) sanitation and solid waste collection and sanitary disposal of solid, liquid, industrial and hospital wastes;

(v) roads and streets, other than roads falling under the jurisdiction of, and maintained by the District Government, and streets maintained by the Union Administration or Village Council;

(vi) traffic planning, engineering and management including traffic signalling systems, signs on roads, street markings, parking places, transport stations, stops, stands and terminals;

(vii) street lighting;

(viii) fire fighting;

(ix) parks, playgrounds, open spaces and arboriculture; and

(x) slaughter houses;

(i) compile information provided by Union and Village Councils of prioritized projects in the tehsils;

(j) prepare budget, long term and annual municipal development programmes in collaboration with the Union Councils, under the directions of Tehsil Nazim;

(k) maintain, with the assistance of the District Government, Union and Village Councils, a comprehensive data base and information system for Tehsil Municipal Administration and provide public access to it on nominal charges;

(1) propose taxes, cesses, user fees, rates, rents, tolls, charges, surcharges, levies, fines and penalties under Part-III of the Second Schedule for approval of the Tehsil Council and notify the same after such approval; and

(m) collect approved taxes, cess, user fees, rates, rents, tolls, charges, fines and penalties;

(n) organize sports, cultural, recreational events, fairs and shows; (nn) organize cattle fairs and cattle Markets; (o) co-ordinate and support municipal functions amongst Unions and Villages (p) regulate markets and services and issue licenses, permits, grant permissions and impose penalties for violation thereof as and where applicable;

(q) manage properties, assets and funds vested in the Tehsil Municipal Administration;

(r) develop and manage schemes, including site development in collaboration with District Government and Union Administration;

(r) authorize an officer or officers to issue notice to a person committing any municipal offence and initiate legal proceedings for continuance of commission of such offence or for failure to comply with the directions contained in such notice;

(s) prosecute, sue and follow up criminal, civil and recovery proceedings against violators of municipal laws in the courts of competent jurisdiction;

(t) maintain municipal records and archives; and

(u) prepare financial statements and present them for internal and external audit in the manner as may be prescribed.

(2) The Tehsil Municipal Administration may,­

(a) assign or contract out, on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Tehsil Council and after inviting public objections, any of its functions to any public-private, public or private organization:

Provided that responsibility for discharge of such functions shall continue to vest with the Tehsil Municipal Administration.

(b) on such terms and conditions as are mutually agreed, transfer its functions or responsibilities with regard to providing municipal services to the Union Administration or Village Council:

Provided that no function or responsibility shall be transferred without allocation of corresponding resources and funds:

Provided further that the responsibility to regulate and monitor such functions and services shall remain with the Tehsil Municipal Administration.

(c) by an agreement and on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed, perform any function of the District Government;

(d) with funds raised through voluntary contributions or external grant, but without recourse to additional enhanced taxation, user charges or fees or recourse to any other sources of public funds and without incurring debt of any nature, undertake any development project;

(e) with the approval of the Government and concerned regulatory authorities of the Federal Government and Provincial Government, set-up, acquire, manage and operate any commercial activity on a self-financing basis with no liability to the public exchequer; and

(f) set-up a corporate body to perform any of its functions, singly or jointly with other public or private bodies:

Provided that responsibility for discharge of such functions shall continue to vest with the Tehsil Municipal Administration.