Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is the city corporation of Bangalore. Recently several city and town municipal councils around Bangalore City have been included in the city limits of the BBMP. There were 100 wards earlier and now we have 198. Ward 151 includes most of Koramangala.
The BBMP under the Karnataka State Municipal Corporations Act 1976, amended last in 1994, has certain Obligatory functions and certain discretionary functions. These are summarized below:
Obligatory functions of Corporation
There are 31 obligatory functions listed in the Act – They include the following important functions
•    Defining limits of Corporation
•    Cleaning of public roads and places
•    Clearing of sewage and garbage and disposal
•    Construction, and maintenance and cleaning of drains
•    Street lights
•    Maintenance and account of corporation properties
•    Naming and numbering of streets and buildings
•    Regulation of trade
•    Regulation of place for the dead
•    Construction and maintenance of markets, slaughterhouses etc
•    Ambulance services
•    Destruction and control of stray dogs, birds vermin etc
•    Maintaining or aiding public schools
•    Construction of roads, bridges and culverts
•    Tree planting
•    Issue of birth and death certificates
•    Maintenance of waterworks
•    Issue of trade licenses
Discretionary Functions of Corporation
There are 21 functions listed as discretionary in the Act. Some of the important ones are:
•    Care of the infirm and disabled
•    Organization and maintenance of maternity homes
•    Maintenance of lab for food testing
•    Maintenance of public swimming pools
•    Maintenance of public hospitals
•    Welfare of corporation employees
•    Slum improvement
•    Shelter to the poor
•    Poverty alleviation