Siliguri Municipal Corporation

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Siliguri Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded1994;31 years ago (1994)
Leadership
Mayor
Goutam Deb, AITC
since 22 February 2022
Deputy Mayor
Ranjan Sarkar, AITC
since 22 February 2022
Leader of the Opposition
Amit Jain, BJP
since February 2022 [1]
Chairperson
Pratul Chakraborty, AITC
since 22 February 2022
Structure
Seats47
2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election result.svg
Political groups
Government (37)
  •   AITC (37)

Opposition (10)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
12 February 2022
Next election
February 2027
Meeting place
Siliguri Municipal Corporation 03.jpg
Siliguri, West Bengal
Website
www.siligurismc.in

Siliguri Municipal Corporation or SMC was established in the year 1994 and has been responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Siliguri.

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History

Siliguri Municipality was established in the year 1949. The first municipality office was set up in Hill Cart Road. It was a wooden construction. The first chairman of Siliguri Municipality was the then Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Sachindra Mohan Guha. In the year 1994, Siliguri Municipality was awarded Corporation status. [2]

Area Coverage

Siliguri Municipal Corporation areas include both in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri district. Out of 47 wards of SMC, 14 are in Jalpaiguri district. It administers an area of 41.90 km2 (16.18 sq mi). [3]

Departments

Name of the DepartmentWork / Activities
Education & Culture
  • Maintenance Charges of SC / ST Students of Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri District.
  • Mid-day-Meal Programme.
  • Felicitation programme for meritorious students of Madhyamik & Higher Secondary Exam. [4]
Assessment & Mutation
  • Correction of Mutation
  • Assessment(Issue of new holding number)
Vacant Land
Land with building
Property on Railway land/Vest land [5]
Electricity
  • Maintenance and Development of Street Light and Project Work with in SMC Area. [6]
Public Works Department
  • Repairing and widening of roads.
  • Construction of drains and roads. [7]
Accounts
  • Carry out account activity of Corporation.
  • Handling of treasury. [8]
General
  • All types of computer related works and maintaining all types of files and records..
  • Maintaining telephone/mobile register of Councillors and to dispatch Govt. letters to Mayor/Deputy Mayor/Commissioner /Secretary. [9]
Birth and Death
  • Issue of Birth & Death Certificate
  • Maintain of Vital Statistics by Age, Sex & Religion. [10]
Trade Licence
  • Issuance & Renewal of Certificate of Enlistment.
  • Advertisement related works.
  • Cycle Rickshaw & Cycle Rickshaw Van related works. [11]
Building
  • Approval of the building plan. [12]
U.P.E. Section
  • Slum Improvement. [13]
Water Supply
  • Registration of water supply connection house and commercial establishment. [14]
Estlablishment
  • Pension Matter and Staff salary. [15]
Public Health and Hospital
  • Regular immunization program.
  • Health check-up.
  • Awareness program on vector-borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Encephalitis.
  • Prevent prenatal sex determination of foetus and to maintain the sex ratio between male & female. [16]
Vehicle
  • Manages and control vehicle carrying water tank and garbage. [17]
Market
  • Improvement of commercial establishment. [18]
Conservancy Section
  • Collection and disposal of garbage. [19]
Tax
  • Property tax collection. [20]
Cash Section
  • Parking Fee and Site Planning Fee. [21]
Law Section
  • To look after various day to day court cases of SMC and give legal opinion if needed. [22]
Sports
  • Co-ordanating sports activities and events organised by SMC. [23]
Guest House Booking Cell
  • Looks after bookings of guest house owned by SMC. [24]

Current members

Siliguri Municipal Corporation has a total of 47 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in 12 February 2022. The current mayor of Siliguri is Goutam Deb of the Trinamool Congress. The current deputy mayor is Ranjan Sarkar of the Trinamool Congress.

Mayor: Goutam Deb
Deputy Mayor: Ranjan Sarkar
Ward No.Name of CouncillorPartyRemarks
1Sanjay Pathak Trinamool Congress
2Gargi Chatterjee
3Ram Bhajan Mahato
4Vivek Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
5Anita Mahato
6Alam Khan Trinamool Congress
7Pintu Ghosh
8Shalini Dalmia Bharatiya Janata Party
9Amit Jain Leader of Opposition [1]
10Kamal Agarwal Trinamool Congress
11Manjushree Paul Bharatiya Janata Party
12Basudeb Ghosh Trinamool Congress
13Manik Dey
14Srabani Dutta
15Ranjan Sarkar
16Sujoy Ghatak Indian National Congress
17Mili Seal Sinha Trinamool Congress
18Sanjay Sharma
19Mousumi Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
20Abhaya Bose Trinamool Congress
21Kuntal Roy
22Dipti Karmakar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
23Lakshmi Paul Trinamool Congress
24Pratul Chakraborty
25Jayanta Saha
26Sikta Dey Basu Ray
27Prasanta Chakraborty
28Samprita Das
29Saradindu Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
30Sathi Das Trinamool Congress
31Moumita Mondal
32Tapas Chatterjee
33 Goutam Deb
34Biman Chandra Tapadar
35Sampa Nandi
36Ranjan Sil Sharma
37Alak Bhakta
38Dulal Dutta
39Pinki Saha
40Rajesh Prasad Sah
41Shivika Mittal
42Shobha Subba
43Sukhdeo Mahato
44Pritikana Biswas
45Munshi Nurul Islam Communist Party of India (Marxist)
46Dilip Barman Trinamool Congress
47Amar Ananda Das

References

  1. 1 2 "Leader of Opposition, Siliguri Municipal Corporation". SMC Siliguri. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. "Milestone". SMC. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. "Siliguri City".
  4. "Education". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. "Assessment". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. "Electricity". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. "PWD". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. "Accounts". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. "General". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  10. "Birth". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  11. "Trade license". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  12. "Building". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  13. "UPE". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  14. "City water supply". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  15. "Establishment". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  16. "Public health". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  17. "Vehicles". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  18. "Market". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  19. "Conservancy". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  20. "Tax". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  21. "Cash". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  22. "Law". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  23. "Sports". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  24. "Guest house". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.