Mandalay City Development Committee

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|jurisdiction = City of Mandalay

|headquarters = Mandalay City Hall

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|chief1_name = Kyaw San

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The Mandalay City Development Committee ({{langx|my|မန္တလေးမြို့ စည်ပင်သာယာရေး ကော်မတီ}}; abbreviated MCDC) is the administrative body of Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar (Burma).{{cite book|title=The State of Local Governance: Trends in Mandalay|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|date=December 2014}} MCDC has wide-ranging responsibilities, including city planning, land administration, tax collection, and urban development. MCDC raises its own revenues through tax collection, fees, licenses and property development. MCDC's chairman acts as Mayor of Mandalay, and sits as Regional Minister for the Government of Mandalay Region. {{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/mandalay-upper-myanmar/19846-mandalay-region-cabinet-approved.html|title=Mandalay Region Cabinet Approved|last=Si Thu Lwin|date=6 April 2016|work=Myanmar Times|accessdate=6 April 2016|archive-date=26 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726163349/http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/mandalay-upper-myanmar/19846-mandalay-region-cabinet-approved.html|url-status=live}} MCDC's mission is to make the city clean, to keep the city beautiful, and to enable city dwellers to enjoy a pleasant life.

History

MCDC was established first established by the State Law and Order Restoration Council's 1992 City of Mandalay Development Law.{{cite web|url=http://displacementsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/THE-CITY-OF-MANDALAY-DEVELOPMENT-LAW-1992.pdf|title=THE CITY OF MANDALAY DEVELOPMENT LAW (1992)|date=29 December 1992|work=State Law and Order Restoration Council Law|accessdate=27 June 2015|archive-date=30 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630034607/http://displacementsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/THE-CITY-OF-MANDALAY-DEVELOPMENT-LAW-1992.pdf|url-status=live}} In 2002, the said law was repealed by State Peace and Development Council and replaced with the 2002 City of Mandalay Development Law.{{cite web|url=http://displacementsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/THE-CITY-OF-MANDALAY-DEVELOPMENT-LAW-2002.pdf|title=City of Mandalay Development Law (2002)|date=14 November 2002|work=State Peace and Development Council|accessdate=27 June 2015|archive-date=30 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630050921/http://displacementsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/THE-CITY-OF-MANDALAY-DEVELOPMENT-LAW-2002.pdf|url-status=live}} Mandalay Region Hluttaw enacted the new MCDC law in 2014 December. MCDC was formed by the Mandalay Regional Government, and legally comprises 13 to 15 members, including a Chairman who acts as the Minister (Mayor), and a Vice-Chairman, who acts as the Vice-Mayor.

Departments

Administration Department
Motor Transport & Workshop Department
Market and Slaughter House Department
Finance Department
Revenue Department
Cleansing Department
Playgrounds, Parks and Gardens Department
Building and Central Stores Department
Roads and Bridges Department
Water and Sanitation Department
Urban Planning and Land Administration Department
Public Relations and Information Department
Inspection Department
Agriculture and Livestock Breeding Department

Projects

In 2017, the Mandalay City Development Committee approved a public-private partnership with Mandalay Business Capital City Development Company (MBCCD), owned by Maung Weik, for a 10-year mega-development project in Amarapura, projected to include hotels, hospitals, schools, jetties, shopping centres, gardens and apartment buildings on a plot of {{Convert|2000|acre||abbr=}} allocated by the Mandalay city government.{{Cite web|title=Urban development project commences upon approval|url=https://negc.com.mm/urban-development-project-commences-upon-approval/|last=|first=|date=2017-12-12|website=National Energy Group of Companies|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207084609/https://negc.com.mm/urban-development-project-commences-upon-approval/|archive-date=2021-02-07|access-date=2020-06-01}}{{Cite web|title=Amarapura urban plan developer gets 20 acres of land for office|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/mandalay-upper-myanmar/26285-amarapura-urban-plan-developer-gets-20-acres-of-land-for-office.html|date=2017-06-07|website=The Myanmar Times|access-date=2020-06-01|archive-date=2021-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106165306/https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/mandalay-upper-myanmar/26285-amarapura-urban-plan-developer-gets-20-acres-of-land-for-office.html|url-status=live}}