Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad is a city and a municipal corporation in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Sangli is situated on the banks of river Krishna. Miraj is a railway junction, a major healthcare centre and an export hub of classical Indian musical instruments. Famous hospitals like Wanless Hospital, Kripamayee Mental Hospital and Richardson Leprosy Hospitals are based in Miraj. Kupwad, formerly a small town, now mainly houses the MIDC industrial area.Kupwad MIDC is an industrial area harbouring many foundries, spinning mills, chocolate factories, oil manufacturing, cold storage etc. Notable foundries are Tulsi foundry, J sons foundry. Lotte is chocolate manufacturing industry. Notable spinning mills like Toto Toya spin ltd. Oil manufacturing frctory( Chakan oil mills). Kupwad town has a Employees' State Insurance Hospital (ESIS Hospital) for the Insured persons and their family who are working in Kupwad MIDC area.The Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the mini metropolitan area of Sangli Miraj Kupwad. The municipal corporation consists of democratically-elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and police. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation. The Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation was created on 28 February 1998 by the merger of the previously separate municipal councils of Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad.[1] Sangli had been the district administrative centre and Miraj and Kupwad were small towns located within 10-km distance from Sangli.[1] The Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad City Municipal Corporation is the local self-government body which looks after development. This is the largest municipal corporation in South Maharashtra and serves a population of 0.65 million. This has carved a name for itself as the best municipal corporation of South Maharashtra.[citation needed] The corporation has planned and constructed a number of wide roads in the city, thereby reducing traffic density on the crowded streets. The municipal corporation has come up with several unique ideas for city beautification, lake development, shopping centres, sanitation, slum eradication and waste management, ideas that have been widely recognised throughout the country.
