Jaipur: Residents of 20-25 wards that once bordered Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) Heritage and Greater are hoping unified civic body and its elected board will end jurisdictional disputes that delayed basic civic action.Residents said sanitation, road, drainage, streetlight and stray-animal complaints were frequently passed between the two corporations. With the merger in place since Dec 2025, they expect accountability.In Dec 2023, a troop of monkeys sparked panic near Anandpuri Park in Adarsh Nagar. JMC Heritage’s monkey catchers responded to residents but stopped after the animals crossed into JMC Greater’s limits. Greater had no appointed catchers. They then tried to drive the monkeys back so Heritage staff could act.
Councillors boards side by side at once bordered Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) Heritage and Greater at MD Road, now residents are hoping unified civic body and its elected board will end jurisdictional disputes that delayed basic civic action
A similar standoff occurred on Moti Doongri Road in March 2025 when garbage outside a chartered accountant’s house triggered a jurisdictional dispute. JMC Greater workers reached the spot but refused to remove the waste, saying the area fell under Heritage. Garbage remained until Heritage workers arrived.Residents said such buck-passing became routine between 2020 and 2025, with complaints routinely bounced between offices. Councillors were often the only route to action.“It had been some tough times for us, especially if we wanted to accelerate any neighbourhood issues to JMC officials. Being bordering wards of the two civic bodies, often we could not figure out where the jurisdictions of both corporations ended. Several times, I called JMC Heritage, being a resident of the corporation, only to learn that the location was under Greater,” said Pradip Ahuja, a resident of Acharya Kripalani Marg.Residents said the absence of elected councillors for eight months further complicated grievance redressal. They are now looking to JMC board, expected by Sept-end, to bring accountability.Amit Garg said the merger had improved matters, though gaps remained.“There have been no councillors for the last eight months. Hopefully, with the formation of a new JMC board by the end of next month, this problem will be solved once and for all. The previous govt shouldn’t have split the corporations just for the sake of forming one board,” he said.
