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Urban flooding also illustrates the complexities of India's federal structure.
Water and sanitation and the management of urban flooding are primarily responsibilities of States and Urban Local Bodies or urban development authorities.
Syllabus & Relevance
Paper: GS-2
Theme: Polity & Governance
Static Foundation
Urban planning is included in the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution.
The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 provided constitutional status to municipalities.
Article 243W enables state legislatures to endow municipalities with powers required to function as institutions of self-government.
The Twelfth Schedule includes subjects such as urban planning, land-use regulation, roads, water supply, public health, sanitation, solid waste management and urban forestry.
Almost every one of these functions has a connection with flood resilience.
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