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By decentralising various public services being provided by Surat Municipal Corporation a Zonal systems has been Implemented. The whole Surat city has been divided into 9 zones. The working of the zones are mentioned below in brief.

FUNCTIONS OF A ZONE OFFICE

Health Department

Scavenging the entire area coming under the zone.
To clean chocked, gully-trap and sewer traps
Food inspection branch
License Permit
Vaccination, Birth/Death registration, Family Planning.
Market department to remove the nuisance of stray animals - Malaria Control.

Assessment and Recovery Department

Assessment of properties
recovery of property tax, education tax, etc.
Appeals regarding assessment and rent recovery of corporation's various properties etc.
Registration of shop/firms renewal and court complaints regarding breach of law.

Engineering Department

To build new roads upto 60 feet with, to widen the roads, repairs & recarpeting of roads etc.
To build society road by raising public funds - to prepare new footpath, to repair them, scraping etc.
To build roads upto 80 feet width and their repair work.
To build new buildings and to maintain the Municipal Properties.
To build and maintain School buildings.
To sanction 1/2" domestic and 1" Industrial connection.
Repair work of main water pipelines upto 22".
Legal procedures for illegal connections, repair of polluted water connections.
Issuing permits regarding stand posts, free connection hand pump, drainage.
Legal procedures against illegal drainage connections & illegal construction.
To construct and maintain (box drain) rain water drain.
To maintain and clean temporary/permanent drainage.
Disposal of rain water through new additional catch pits.
Issuing permits for layout of Low rise buildings procedure against illegal construction.
Implementation of town planning scheme-recovery of betterment charges.
To take actions against public nuisance and damaged property.
Issuing permits for mandap, banner, hoarding-collection of land-rent, property rent.
To remove permanent, / temporary encroachments, to make alternative arrangement for obstructing slums.

FUNCTIONS OF A WARD OFFICE

Cleaning
Sprinkling of Pesticides
Collection, transportation and final disposal of solid waste.
Disposal of Carcasses (small and big)
License renewal of non-edible things (matches, Kerosene, coal, fireworks etc.) and edible things.
To clean choked gully-trap.
Cleaning of drip well.
Chlorination of the well in use and chlorine test of water samples.
Legal actions against citizens who are creating nuisance.
Inspection of hotels, hawkers and small shopkeeper with hygienic point of view.
Cleaning of public urinals.
Inspection of Cinema halls, theatres and other public entertainment places form hygiene point of view.
To avail basic details of the epidemic immediately inform higher authority regarding disease controlling measures.
Issue license for eatables and non-eatable items under the BPMC Act,1949.