It is the duty of the District Collector to provide various civic amenities and public services. The district authority repairs and maintains roads and highway as-well-as. Improves transport facilities,  opens hospitals and dispensaries and maintains government buildings. In the recent years, his major took has been to promote education development programmes. There is a special department for the construction, repair and maintenance of roads. He also supervises and gives direction for the working of the Panchayati Raj. The Collector has the power to suspend any member who is misusing his authority by sending the report to the State Go~ernment.

Five functions of the Municipalities are as follows:
(i) Supply of adequate drinking water.
(ii) Providing and maintaining drainage and sewage systems.
(Hi)Maintenance of public street lighting.
(iv) Construction and maintenance of bus terminals, roads and bridges.
(v) Maintenance of birth and death records

The important functions of Ward Committee are as follows:
(i) Supervision of the overall Municipal work.
(ii) Fulfil water and sanitation requirements.
(iii) Identification of slums and their upgradation.
(iv) Public health - information dissemination.
(v) Environment protection.
(vi) Supervision of public physical infrastructure
like hospitals, schools and roads.

(i) In photo 2, the proper way of handling (disposing) garbage have shown, which provide protection for workers.
(ii) The dangers of colLecting garbage in the manner shown in the first photograph are:
(a) Poisonour gas infection
(b) Falling sick
(c) Breathing problem
(d) Falling victim to epidemic
(e) Skin disease
(iii) Proper ways of disposing garbage are not available to those who work in municipalities because of
(a) Little fund for municipal corporations.
(b) Workers Unawareness of their health.
(c) Poor economic condition of the municipalities.

Gangabai said that it is the Ward Councillor whom people should go to and protest, since the people elected him.
She gathered a small group of women and went to his house.
Gangabai described the situation in the locality to him The Councillor promised to go with them the next day to meet the Commissioner.
He asked Gangabai to get a petition signed by all of the adults in the locality saying that garbage was not being collected.
The Councillor suggested that taking the local sanitation engineer with them the next day might be a good idea.

Councillors are elected by the people and they keep their positions only if they are re-elected. Officials are appointed on merit basis by council management to a specified job within the municipal administration and are like any other employee In a Job. Officials possess the knowledge and skills on the technical and specialised aspects of municipal affairs. Councillors who don't have this knowledge have to rely on the reports of officials to help them make decisions.
Both the Councillors and officials decide the policies and direction of the municipality. Once the council has reached a decision, then officials are expected to carry these out in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.