Our own KDMC got awarded first prize for its website http://kdmc.gov.in in the category 'Citizen Centric Service Delivery'. The award was jointly instituted by the Department of Adminsitrative reforms and public Grievance, Department of IT, Government of India and IT department of Madhya Pradesh.

The website was designed in 1999 as projects of educational institutes like IIT, VJTI , TIFR. One of the convenient features of the website is that citizens can check the status of their water and property taxes through it and pay the same online. People can also register civic complaints and check the status of their complaints on it. The website systematize the method of information on various departments of the KDMC and creates transparency.

Regularisation of illegal construction in Dombivli:

There are about 78000 illegal structures under Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation out of which aobut 60% are illegal. In bid to legalise these construction, a directive has been issued by Urban development department to the Municipal authorities. According to this any illegal construction can be regularised here by paying penaly or regularisation fee of Rs.500 per square foot. The directive comes to effect immediately and will regularise illegal structures built before Jan 1, 2004. Thus a flat owner could have to pay a regularisation fee which could be 50% of the current market cost of the construction prevailing in the Dombivli.

Some events may look routine, but some make their mark in history. Here, do find such social, cultural and political events in the history of urban Dombivli. Establishments started flourishing after the Independence, and this was the time when Dombivli started expanding.