Siliguri Municipal Corporation

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Siliguri Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded1994;30 years ago (1994)
Leadership
Mayor
Goutam Deb, TMC
since 22 February 2022
Deputy Mayor
Ranjan Sarkar, TMC
since 22 February 2022
Chairperson
Pratul Chakraborty, TMC
since 22 February 2022
Structure
Seats47
2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election result.svg
Political groups
Government (37)
  TMC (37)

Opposition (10)

  BJP (5)
  CPI(M) (4)
  INC (1)
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. [1]

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). [2]

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. [3]
Assessment & Mutation
  • Correction of Mutation
  • Assessment(Issue of new holding number)
Vacant Land
Land with building
Property on Railway land/Vest land [4]
Electricity
  • Maintenance and Development of Street Light and Project Work with in SMC Area. [5]
Public Works Department
  • Repairing and widening of roads.
  • Construction of drains and roads. [6]
Accounts
  • Carry out account activity of Corporation.
  • Handling of treasury. [7]
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. [8]
Birth and Death
  • Issue of Birth & Death Certificate
  • Maintain of Vital Statistics by Age, Sex & Religion. [9]
Trade Licence
  • Issuance & Renewal of Certificate of Enlistment.
  • Advertisement related works.
  • Cycle Rickshaw & Cycle Rickshaw Van related works. [10]
Building
  • Approval of the building plan. [11]
U.P.E. Section
  • Slum Improvement. [12]
Water Supply
  • Registration of water supply connection house and commercial establishment. [13]
Estlablishment
  • Pension Matter and Staff salary. [14]
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. [15]
Vehicle
  • Manages and control vehicle carrying water tank and garbage. [16]
Market
  • Improvement of commercial establishment. [17]
Conservancy Section
  • Collection and disposal of garbage. [18]
Tax
  • Property tax collection. [19]
Cash Section
  • Parking Fee and Site Planning Fee. [20]
Law Section
  • To look after various day to day court cases of SMC and give legal opinion if needed. [21]
Sports
  • Co-ordanating sports activities and events organised by SMC. [22]
Guest House Booking Cell
  • Looks after bookings of guest house owned by SMC. [23]

Councillors

Ward NumberCouncillor's NameArea CoveredContact no
1Sanjay Pathak
2Gargi Chatterjee
3Rambhajan Mahato
4Vivek Singh
5Anita Mahato
6Md. Alam Khan
7Pintu Ghosh
8Shalini Dalmia
9Amit Jain
10Kamal Agarwal
11Manjushree Paul
12Basudeb Ghosh
13Manik Dey
14Srabani Dutta
15Ranjan Sarkar (Rana)
16Sujoy Ghatak
17Mili Sil Sinha
18Sanjay Sharma
19Mousumi HazraSubhaspally

(Netaji more to Fuleswari river)

20Abhaya Bose
21Kuntal Roy
22Dipta KarmakarAravindapalli
23Lakshmi PaulDabgram
24Pratul Chakraborty
25Jayanta Saha
26Sikta Dey Basu Ray
27Prasanta Chakraborty (Pappu)
28Samprita Das
29Saradindu Chakraborty
30Sathi Das
31Moumita Mondal
32Tapas Chatterjee
33 Goutam Deb 145, Bipin Pal Sarani, College Para, Siliguri
34Biman Chandra Tapadar
35Sampa Nandi
36Ranjan Sil Sharma
37Alak Bhakta
38Dulal Dutta
39Pinki Saha
40Rajesh Prasad Shah
41Shivika Mittal
42Shobha Subba
43Sukhdeo Mahato
44Pritikana Biswas
45Munshi Nurul Islam
46Dilip Barman
47Amar Ananda Das

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References

  1. ↑ "Milestone". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Siliguri City".
  3. ↑ "Education". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Assessment". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Electricity". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "PWD". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Accounts". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "General". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Birth". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Trade license". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Building". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "UPE". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "City water supply". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "Establishment". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Public health". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Vehicles". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  17. ↑ "Market". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  18. ↑ "Conservancy". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "Tax". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "Cash". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  21. ↑ "Law". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "Sports". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "Guest house". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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