Kolkata Municipal Corporation

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Logo of Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Emblem of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Founded1876; 145 years ago (1876)
Leadership
Mayor
(vacant), Firhad Hakim, Chairman of Board of Administrator
Deputy Mayor
(vacant), Atin Ghosh, Deputy Chairman of Board of Administrator
Structure
Seats144
India Kolkata Municipal Corporation as of May 2021.svg
Political groups
  AITC: 124 seats
  CPI(M): 13 seats
  BJP: 5 seats
  INC: 2 seats
Elections
Last election
2015
Next election
2021
Motto
পুরশ্রী বিবর্ধন: (Bengali)
Progress of The City
Meeting place
Kolkata Municipal Corporation - Kolkata 2013-04-15 6065.JPG
Municipal Corporation Building
Website
www.kmcgov.in

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (abbreviated KMC; formerly Calcutta Municipal Corporation) is the local government of the Indian city of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal. This civic administrative body administers an area of 206.08 square kilometres (79.57 sq mi).[1] Its motto, Purosree Bibardhan, is inscribed on its emblem in Bengali script.

Geography[]

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is located at

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22°33′45″N 88°21′11″E / 22.5625°N 88.3531°E / 22.5625; 88.3531 in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Department[]

Sl.No. Department
1 Advertisement
2 Amusement
3 Assessment & Collection
4 Building
5 Bustee Services
6 Car Parking
7 Central Records
8 Ch. VS Department
9 Education
10 Election Office
11 Electricity
12 Engineering (Civil)
13 Entally workshop
14 Estate
15 Finance and accounts
16 Health
17 Info. & public relations
18 Information Technology
19 Institute of Urban Management
20 Internal Audit
21 Law
22 License
23 Lighting
24 Market
25 Municipal Secretary’s department
26 Municipal Service Commission
27 Parks & Squares
28 Personnel
29 Planning & Development
30 Printing
31 Environment & Heritage Department
32 Roads and Asphaltum
33 Sewerage & Drainage
34 Social Welfare & Urban Poverty Alleviation Department
35 Solid Waste Management
36 Supply
37 City Planning Dept
38 Treasury Department
39 Vigilance
40 Water Supply

Structure[]

Kolkata Municipal Corporation was established in 1876. Under the guidance of the first Minister of Local Self-Government in Bengal, Sir Surendranath Banerjee, the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1923 made provision for the enfranchisement of women and the election of a Mayor of Kolkata annually. Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das was the first Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation with Subhas Chandra Bose as his Chief Executive Officer.[2] Later mayors include Deshapriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, Subhas Chandra Bose, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque, and for the 2010–2015 and 2015–2018 term, Sovan Chatterjee.[3]"Department of Urban Development & Municipal Affairs".

Kolkata Municipal Corporation ward level map as of 2011 Census. Three additional wards have been added since then, taking the total to 144.

The city is divided into 144 administrative wards that are grouped into 16 boroughs.[4] Each of these wards elects a councillor to the KMC. Each borough has a committee consisting of the councillors elected from the respective wards of the boroughs. The Corporation, through the borough committees, maintains government-aided schools, hospitals and municipal markets and partakes in urban planning and road maintenance.[5] The corporation as the apex body discharges its function through the Mayor-in-Council, consisting of a mayor, assisted by a deputy mayor, and ten other elected members of the KMC. The mayor is responsible for the overall functioning of the KMC and has a tenure of five years.[6] At present, the All India Trinamool Congress holds the power in the KMC.

Budget[]

As of 2021, the city government's budget is ₹4,298.37 crore (US$600 million), out of which ₹320 crore (US$45 million) was earmarked for roads and transport infrastructure, ₹606 crore (US$85 million) is to be spent on solid waste management, ₹408 crore (US$57 million) on water supply and ₹163 crore (US$23 million) on health services.[7]

Criticism[]

Recently the KMC has faced a lot of criticism for legalising unauthorized construction largely responsible for a number of deaths because of fire. This was also responsible of the unplanned growth in the city.[citation needed]

The Sheriff of Kolkata and The KMDA[]

The city also has an apolitical titular post, that of the Sheriff of Kolkata.[8] The Sheriff presides over various city-related functions and conferences. Another ancillary civic body is the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) responsible for the statutory planning and development of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA).[9] The KMA includes a large suburban hinterland around the urban centres of Kolkata.

Area of Jurisdiction[]

See also: Civic Administration of Kolkata

The jurisdiction of the KMC covers the area covered by the Kolkata Police (which in turn includes the area of Kolkata District / KMC),[10][11][12] but includes an adjacent areas of South 24 Parganas as well, such as Behala, Jadavpur, Garia . In 2012, erstwhile Joka-I & Joka-II Gram Panchayats were added to the municipal limits.[13] This addition increases the area of KMC to 206.08 square kilometres (79.57 sq mi).[14] In 2011, it was announced that Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation area will be coterminous.[15][16] Kolkata Postal District however extends right up to Barrackpur in the North, Barasat in the North-East, Rajarhat in the East, up to Baruipur in South-East and Pailan in South and up to Pujali in South-West. The Postal code in this entire area starts with 700, indicating Postal Sorting Division of Kolkata. Thus Kolkata Postal Division is much bigger than the area of KMC (Kolkata District) and Kolkata Police.

Services[]

The KMC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

  • Water purification and supply
  • Sewage treatment and disposal
  • Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
  • Food Inspection:Through KMC Food Inspectors
  • Solid waste management
  • Building and maintenance of roads, streets and flyovers.
  • Street lighting
  • Maintenance of parks and open spaces
  • Cemeteries and Crematoriums
  • Registering of births and deaths
  • Conservation of heritage sites
  • Disease control, including immunisation
  • Public municipal schools etc.

Control Room of Kolkata Municipal Corporation can be contacted at (033) 2286-1212.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "kmcgov.in".
  2. ^ "Kolkata – A Municipal History". KMC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Mayors of Kolkata". KMC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Kolkata Statistics". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  5. ^ "007 Kolkata (India)" (PDF). World Association of the Major Metropolises. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. ^ "About Kolkata Municipal Corporation". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2006.
  7. ^ http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/kmc-presents-deficit-budget-of-rs-17066-cr-419082#:~:text=Kolkata%3A%20Kolkata%20Municipal%20Corporation's%20Chairman,estimated%20at%20Rs%204298.37%20crore.
  8. ^ "New sheriff of Kolkata". The Telegraph. 28 December 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  9. ^ "About Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  10. ^ "Kolkata (North) district".
  11. ^ "Kolkata (South) district".
  12. ^ "South 24 Parganas district".
  13. ^ "archieve.indianexpress.com".
  14. ^ "Kolkata Municipal Corporation".
  15. ^ "City police chief visits added areas". The Times of India. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  16. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (30 August 2011). "People will see the change: Kolkata police chief". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

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