Editing Hubli (section)

==Governance and politics==
=== Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation ===
{{Main|Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation}}
Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) was constituted in 1962 by combining the two cities separated by a distance of 20 kilometres. The area covered by the corporation is spread over 45 revenue villages and is the second-largest city corporation in Karnataka state. The population of the city as per the 1991 census was 700,000. The population of Hubli-Dharwad is 943,857 according to 2011 Census. Hubli Municipal Council was established under the [[Government of India Act 1850]], and the Dharwad Municipal Council first came into existence on 1 January 1856. Both were merged later.<ref name="hdmc.gov.in">{{cite web |url=http://hdmc.gov.in/cityprofile.php |title=::HDMC:: |access-date=13 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420105843/http://www.hdmc.gov.in/cityprofile.php |archive-date=20 April 2012 }}</ref> The headquarters of HDMC is situated in Hubli, comprising 82 members covering four Vidhan Sabha Constituencies of Hubli-Dharwad. There has been a huge demand by people of Dharwad to create a separate civic body and get itself detached by HDMC. Claims are that most of the funds are allocated to Hubli solely.

On 2 January 2025 the [[Karnataka Council of Ministers|Karnataka state cabinet]] declared the separation of [[Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation|Hubballi Dharwad municipal corporation]], formation of new municipal corporation for the city of Dharwad.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jamkhandi |first=Gururaj |date=2 January 2025 |title=Cabinet nod for separate Dharwad Municipal Corporation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/cabinet-nod-for-separate-dharwad-municipal-corporation/articleshow/116892414.cms |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharathi |first=Vartha |date=12 January 2025 |title=Karnataka cabinet approves formation of separate Dharwad Municipal Corporation |url=https://english.varthabharati.in/karnataka/karnataka-cabinet-approves-formation-of-separate-dharwad-municipal-corporation |work=[[Varthabharathi]] |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref>