Under urban administration, the urban bodies have two main types of functions. Some functions are compulsory such as arrangement of supply of pure and clean drinking water, arranging light for roads and their clealiness, registration of births and deaths, and arrangements for fire brigades these are the primary functions which should be performed. There are other functions which are optional and it depends upon them to perform these duties.
These include maintaining public parks and gardens, stadiums, libraries and reading rooms, tree plantation, catching of stray animals, arranging for fairs and festivals, providing shelter for the homeless people, etc. These bodies are helped by the government officials such as executive officer or commissioner, executive engineer, health officers, revenue officers and sanitation inspectors to monitor the work.
