Be the Mayor of Imphal

Imphal, India · 400,000 people · Heritage City

The Imphal Municipal Council and the Loktak Development Authority manage the capital of Manipur and custodians of Loktak Lake — the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India and home to Keibul Lamjao, the world's only floating national park where phumdis of organic matter support the last wild population of Sangai deer — alongside administering the Ima Keithel, the world's only all women's market, as a living civic heritage institution.

The seat for Imphal on the Board of Mayors is open. Seat #1 is yours to take.

The city

Landmark: Ima Keithel (Women's Market) & Loktak Lake.

• The Loktak Development Authority manages Keibul Lamjao National Park — a floating park existing on phumdis, large compressed mats of organic matter floating on Loktak Lake — housing the world's last wild population of Sangai (brow antlered deer), requiring the authority to precisely control lake water levels: too high sinks the phumdis, too low fragments the habitat and isolates the deer herds, making water level management the critical conservation lever.
• The Imphal Municipal Council administers Ima Keithel — the Mother's Market — an all women market in continuous operation for over 500 years where only Meitei women are permitted to trade, running 3,000 women run stalls selling local produce, handloom textiles, and traditional crafts in the commercial heart of the city, with the municipality coordinating market infrastructure, stall allocation governance, and an active UNESCO heritage nomination campaign.

How a term works

Take office and every day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is scored on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, inside a real budget, and every mayor's work adds to Imphal's own record on the Board of Mayors. You are not alone in office: message and chat with other mayors, form a council with friends, trade with nearby cities and send aid. Cities rise together: there is no losing city.

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