• Tarisha Desai
• Bhagyajit Raval
• Sneha Vadhera

At present cities of India face problems of infrastructure, healthy living conditions, availability of amenities and facilities, etc. due to the rapid population growth and expanding limits of the cities. Two levels of urban local bodies for the cities namely the municipality and Municipal Corporation are responsible to provide all different facilities to the citizens. In the process of service delivery, it has been observed that creating multiple departments has made the system simpler and more efficient but lack of coordination amongst the departments makes it worse to manage the cities. Also, as discussed earlier the central and state government have made many efforts to empower the local governments in order to achieve true democracy. This calls for a need to study a city to understand whether the decentralization of power is been practiced in its true spirit by the local bodies or there is still scope for improvement. The study of Navsari municipality and Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation is an attempt to understand the governance structure, its powers, functions, and responsibilities in terms of city management. Further key issues associated with management are identified and recommendations are given for better governance. The fundamental purpose of this research is to address the problems that arise in metropolitan municipal governments and infrastructures as a result of population expansion. The study's long-term goal is to help people comprehend if local governments are practicing decentralization in its genuine spirit or whether there is still room for improvement.

Bhavnagar Municipal, Navsari Municipality, Public Participation, TP Scheme, Urban Governance.

"Urban Governance of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) - Factual Scenario", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.37-43, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFL06005.pdf

"Urban Governance of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) - Factual Scenario", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp37-43, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFL06005.pdf