Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation

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Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Bidhannagar municipal corp logo.jpg
Seal of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Founded2015;8 years ago (2015)
Leadership
Mayor
Krishna Chakraborty, AITC
since 2022
Deputy Mayor
Anita Mondal, AITC
since 2022
Chairperson
Structure
Seats41
India Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation as of May 2021.svg
Political groups
  • Government (37)
   AITC: 37
  • Opposition (4)
   INC: 2
   CPI(M): 2
Elections
Last election
 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Poura Bhavan - Bidhannagar Municipality - FD 415A - Salt Lake City - Kolkata 2013-10-11 3305-3306.JPG
Headquarters of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Website
www.bmcwbgov.in

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is the local government responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of Salt Lake and Rajarhat areas in Greater Kolkata. [1]

Contents

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation was headed by Administrator Pawan Kadyan, IAS till elections were held in October 2015 after delimitation into 41 wards (Ward No.s 1 to 26 from Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality, Ward No. 27 from Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and Ward No.s 28 to 41 from Bidhannagar Municipality). [2] This constituted its first Board of Councillors and Mayor-in-Council with Pawan Kadyan, IAS transitioning into the role of Municipal Commissioner. [3] BMC consists of 41 wards (grouped in 6 boroughs). [2] The Corporation is under administrative jurisdiction of Bidhannagar subdivision in the district of North 24 Parganas and police jurisdiction of Bidhannagar City Police. The current Municipal Commissioner is Sujay Sarkar, IAS, who has been in the post since 29 April 2022. [4]

Geography

This civic administrative body administers an area of 60.5 square kilometres (23.4 sq mi) which is approximately 3.2% of the Total Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA). [2] The jurisdiction of BMC includes Salt Lake (a planned satellite town of Kolkata and previously under "Bidhannagar Municipality"), Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat (which consisted of Tarulia, Mahisgote and Thakdari) and Rajarhat (previously under "Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality" which consisted of Kestopur, Chandiberia, Baguiati, Udayan Pally, Santosh Pally, Jagatpur, Ashwini Nagar, Narayantala, Raghunathpur, Arjunpur, Teghoria, Jyangra, Helabottala, Noapara, Adarsha Pally, Pramodgarh, Jyoti Nagar, Hatiara, Kaikhali, Chinar Park, Atghara, Dasadrone, Salua, Bablatala, Narayanpur, Beraberi, Bidisha Pally, Sarada Pally, Ganti and part of NSCBI Airport). [5] Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation borders Madhyamgram Municipality in the north, Rajarhat block in the south, New Town in the east and South Dum Dum in the west

Administration

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is divided into 41 wards. The 41 wards are arranged into 6 boroughs. [2] Each ward elects a councillor. The mayor is responsible for the overall functioning of the BMC and has a tenure of five years. At present, the All India Trinamool Congress holds the power in the BMC.

Budget

As of 2020, the budget of the city government is fund surplus with a budget of ₹424.8 crore (US$53 million) while its total revenue stands at ₹425 crore (US$53 million). A lot of funds were allocated for disaster management and covid relief while an allocation of ₹150 crore (US$19 million) was made for a road repairing scheme to have the transport infrastructure upgraded. [6]

Demographics

As per 2011 census, total population under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is 632,107. Total number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 121,761 and 10,950 respectively. Among the 41 wards, Wards no 20 has the highest population with 20,981 residents while ward no 23 has the lowest population with 11,639 residents. Total number of households in BMC is 153,661. [2]

List of mayors

No.NameTermConstituencyParty
StartEnd
1 Sabyasachi Dutta 20152019 All India Trinamool Congress
2Krishna Chakraborty2019Incumbent

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References

  1. ↑ "North 24 Parganas district".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "bmcwbgov.in". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Kolkata Gazette Notification for Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation" (PDF). Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "New Commissioner".
  5. ↑ "Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation about to be formed soon".
  6. ↑ "Bidhannagar holds online budget session | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India .
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