REEL · 13 Nov 2026How India Works
MLA vs MP vs corporator: who fixes your road?
Roads inside a city, potholes, street lights and drains are the municipal corporation's job, so your first call is your corporator. State highways sit with the state PWD, where the MLA has a say. National highways are the Centre's, through NHAI. An MP gets ₹5 crore a year under MPLADS but can only recommend works; the district administration carries them out.
- Constitution of IndiaArticle 243W: powers of municipalities, tied to the matters in the Twelfth Schedule
- Anantam IASTwelfth Schedule: the 18 municipal subjects; entry 4 is "Roads and bridges"
- Drishti IASMPLADS: ₹5 crore per MP per year since 2011-12; MPs recommend, district authorities execute
- Shankar IASNew MPLADS rules: the MP's role is limited to recommending a project
- NHAINHAI: development, maintenance and management of national highways (NHAI Act, 1988)
- WikipediaNational highways: owned by MoRTH, built and maintained by NHAI, NHIDCL and state PWDs
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