Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Explained

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Coa Pic:Bidhannagar municipal corp logo.jpg
Coa Res:150px
Coa Alt:Logo of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Coa Caption:Seal of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
House Type:Municipal Corporation
Term Limits:5 years
Leader1 Type:Mayor
Leader1:Krishna Chakraborty
Election1:12 February 2022
Leader2 Type:Deputy Mayor
Leader2:Anita Mondal
Election2:12 February 2022
Leader3 Type:Chairperson
Leader3:Sabyasachi Dutta
Election3:12 February 2022
Structure1:India_Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation as of May_2021.svg
Structure1 Res:250px
Political Groups1:
  • Government (44)
  • Opposition (2)
Session Room:Poura Bhavan - Bidhannagar Municipality - FD 415A - Salt Lake City - Kolkata 2013-10-11 3305-3306.JPG
Session Res:300px
Meeting Place:Headquarters of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Voting System1:First past the post
Last Election1:12 February 2022
Next Election1:February 2027

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is the local government responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of Salt Lake and Rajarhat areas in Greater Kolkata.[1] 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 44 from Bidhannagar Municipality). This constituted its first Board of Councillors and Mayor-in-Council with Pawan Kadyan, IAS transitioning into the role of Municipal Commissioner.[2] BMC consists of 41 wards (grouped in 6 boroughs). 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.[3]

Geography

This civic administrative body administers an area of which is approximately 3.2% of the Total Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA).[4] 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.[4] 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 while its total revenue stands at . A lot of funds were allocated for disaster management and covid relief while an allocation of 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. [4]

List of mayors

No. NameTerm Constituency Party
StartEnd
1Sabyasachi Dutta20152019All India Trinamool Congress
2Krishna Chakraborty2019Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. News: North 24 Parganas district. 23 June 2019. 8 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608011413/https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/north_24_parganas#lb7. dead.
  2. Web site: Kolkata Gazette Notification for Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation . Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal . 1 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170312033552/https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf . 12 March 2017 . dead .
  3. News: New Commissioner.
  4. Web site: bmcwbgov.in. 23 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190806101118/http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/about-bmc. 6 August 2019. dead.
  5. Web site: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation about to be formed soon.
  6. Web site: Bidhannagar holds online budget session | Kolkata News - Times of India. The Times of India.