Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (abbreviated KMC; also 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).^[2] Its motto, Purosri Bibardhan, is inscribed on its emblem in Bengali script.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Seal of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
History
Founded	1876; 146 years ago (1876)
Leadership
Mayor	Firhad Hakim, AITC since 2021
Deputy Mayor	Atin Ghosh, AITC since 2021
Chairperson	Mala Roy, AITC since 2021
Structure
Seats	144
Political groups	Government (137)   AITC: 134   IND: 3^[1] Opposition (7)   BJP: 3   INC: 2   CPI(M): 1   CPI: 1
Elections
Last election	2021
Next election	2026
Motto
পুরশ্রী বিবর্ধন: (Bengali) Progress of The City
Meeting place
Headquarters of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Website
Official website

Geography

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is located at 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^[3]
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.^[4] 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.^[5]"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^[6] that are grouped into 16 boroughs.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] At present, the All India Trinamool Congress holds the power in the KMC.

Borough	Ward
I	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
II	10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
III	13, 14, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
IV	21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 38, 39
V	36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50
VI	46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62
VII	56, 57, 58, 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67
VIII	68, 69, 70, 72, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90
IX	71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82
X	81, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
XI	103, 104, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114
XII	101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109
XIII	115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124
XIV	121, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132
XV	133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141

Budget

As of 2021, the city government's budget is ₹4,298.37 crore (US$540 million), out of which ₹320 crore (US$40 million) was earmarked for roads and transport infrastructure, ₹606 crore (US$76 million) is to be spent on solid waste management, ₹408 crore (US$51 million) on water supply and ₹163 crore (US$20 million) on health services.^[10]

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.^[11] 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).^[12] 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)

In 2011, it was announced that Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation area will be coterminous.^[13][14]

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 [phone].

References

1. "KMC Election Result 2021: জয়ী হয়েই তৃণমূলের পথে তিন নির্দল প্রার্থী, 'সবুজ-সঙ্কেত' ছিল আগেই?". 21 December 2021.
2. "kmcgov.in".
3. "KMC Departments". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
4. "Kolkata – A Municipal History". KMC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
5. "Mayors of Kolkata". KMC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
6. "KMC polls on Dec 19 to be litmus test for TMC, BJP on urban base since assembly elections". The Economic Times. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
7. "Kolkata Statistics". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
8. (PDF). World Association of the Major Metropolises. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
9. "About Kolkata Municipal Corporation". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2006.
10. "KMC presents deficit budget of Rs 170.66 cr". 23 September 2020.
11. "New sheriff of Kolkata". The Telegraph. 28 December 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
12. . Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
13. . The Times of India. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
14. Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (30 August 2011). . The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

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