| 词条 | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| 释义 |
|name = Kolkata Municipal Corporation |image = Logo_KMC.PNG |size = |caption = Logo of Kolkata Municipal Corporation |motto = Purosree Bibardhan |formation = 1876 |type = Municipal Corporation |headquarters = Kolkata |abbreviation = KMC |membership = |language = Bengali, English |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Firhad Hakim |key_people = |num_staff = 37,829 (as on 31 March 2003) |budget = |website = {{URL|http://www.kmcgov.in/}} }} Kolkata Municipal Corporation or KMC (formerly Calcutta Municipal Corporation or CMC) is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Kolkata. This civic administrative body administers an area of 200.71 km2. Its motto, Purosree Bibardhan, is inscribed on its emblem in Bengali script. KMC is headed by Firhad Hakim the present Mayor of Kolkata. StructureKolkata Municipal Corporation was Established on 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 KMC with Subhas Chandra Bose as his Chief Executive Officer.[1] 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.[2] The city is divided into 144 administrative wards that are grouped into 16 boroughs.[3] 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. name=Metropolis>{{cite web|publisher=World Association of the Major Metropolises |url=http://www.metropolis.org/sites/default/files/metropolitan_regions/438_007_kolkata_eng.pdf | title=007 Kolkata (India) | accessdate=16 June 2015 |archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20140222030639/http://www.metropolis.org/sites/default/files/metropolitan_regions/438_007_kolkata_eng.pdf|archivedate=22 February 2014 }} 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.[4] At present, the All India Trinamool Congress holds the power in the KMC. 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|reason=13 june|date=June 2010}} The city also has an apolitical titular post, that of the Sheriff of Kolkata.[5] 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).[6] The KMA includes a large suburban hinterland around the urban centres of Kolkata. The jurisdiction of the KMC covers the area covered by the Kolkata Police (which in turn includes the area of Kolkata District), but includes an adjacent area as well. According to KMC website, erstwhile Joka-I & Joka-II Gram Panchayats were added to municipal limits, although information on their distribution into wards was not available.[7] This addition increases the area of KMC to {{convert|200.71|sqkm|sqmi}}.[7] In 2011, it was announced that Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation area will be coterminous.[8][9] Kolkata Postal District however extends right up to Barrackpur in the North, Barasat in the East, up to Baruipur in South-East and Joka in South and up to Batanagar in South-West. The Postal code in this entire area starts with 700, indicating Postal Sorting District of Kolkata. Thus Kolkata Postal area is much bigger than the area of KMC, Kolkata Police or Kolkata District. The KMC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city. |
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