The Pamplemousses/Riviere du Rempart District Council is situated at Royal Road, Mapou.

To ensure quality delivery of services, customer care and excellence, the District Council is organised into departments, each managed by a Head of Department and further divided into sections.

Duties of District Councils, under Section 51 of the Local Government Act, shall within the limits of the area under its jurisdiction be responsible for-

(1).  A District Council shall within the limits of the area under its jurisdiction be responsible for:

a.  subject of the Roads Act:

-  the cleansing and lighting of all motorways and main roads

-  the construction, care, maintenance, cleansing and lighting of all public roads.

b.  subject to any regulations under Section 156A(5), the collection and removal of waste to disposal sites.

c.  the undertaking of works of forestation, terracing and tree planting alongside public roads, and for the purpose of such planting, cut and remove any tree growing within 7 feet if any public road unless the owner of the land bordering such road elects to cut and remove the tree himself within such time as should be fixed by the local  authority.

d.  the provision and regulation of public markets, fairs and places of public auction.

e.  the control, care, management, maintenance, improvement and cleansing of all pavements, drains, bridges, beds and banks of lakes, rivulets and streams.

f.  the construction, care, management, maintenance, improvement, cleansing and lighting of squares, open spaces, parks, gardens, bus shelters, public buildings including lavatories, baths and swimming pools and dedicated to the use of, or used by the public, not being the property of the state.

g.  the construction, care, management, maintenance, improvement of public libraries, exhibition halls and art galleries, theatres, places of public entertainment, playing fields, cemeteries and cremation grounds, nurseries for infants, pre-primary schools.

h. the organisation and management of technical and commercial courses and the award of scholarships for educational, technical and commercial courses as approved by the Minister.

i.  the control of premises used for commercial,  industrial, professional and other related activities.

j.  the construction of residential buildings, the management, maintenance and improvement of housing estates belonging to the local authorities.

k.  the provision and maintenance of parking places for private cars.

l.  the control of pollution causing a public and private nuisance.

m.  the control of hawkers.

n. the organisation of welfare, sports and cultural activities.

o. the provision and maintenance of traffic centres, including bus stations, lorry stands and stands of other public vehicles.

p. any undertaking approved by the Minister.

(2)  A Local Authority may close or divert, temporarily or permanently, and alter, widen, raise or lower, any public roads and carry out all necessary works in the area including the planting and felling of trees or shrubs and the digging of wells and conduits.

(3) Where any closure or diversion under this section is likely to be permanent, or where any widening requires the demolition of buildings of a greater value than what may be prescribed, the resolution whereby such closure or diversion or widening is decided shall be subject to the approval of the Minister, and no work shall be undertaken until notification of it has been published in 2 consecutive issues of the Gazette, and notice of the resolution has been sent to all person whose premises may be injuriously affected by such work, by registers post at the residence or at the known place of residence of such person.

(4)  The traffic on any public road may be temporarily  stopped or controlled by Order of the Commissioner of Police.

(5)  Where a Local Authority fails to carry out any of the duties referred to in subsection (1) (a), (b), (e) and ( l ), The Minister may intervene to cause to be carried by another party any such duties and any expenses defrayed in that respect shall be borne by the Local Authority or may be deductible from any grant payable to the Local Authority.

(6)  A Local Authority may by regulations provide for the procedure for carrying out the duties listed at subsection (1) which may include the levy of a fee and the publication of such regulation shall not require the approval of the Minister.

(7)  For the purposes of carrying out its duties, a municipal council shall have seven departments, namely Chief Executive's Department, Treasury Department, Works Department, Planning Department, Welfare Department, Health Department and Library Department.