Durgapur Municipal Corporation Explained

Durgapur Municipal Corporation
Native Name:দুর্গাপুর নগর নিগম
Native Name Lang:bn
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Coa Alt:Logo of the Durgapur Municipal Corporation
Coa Caption:Seal of the Durgapur Municipal Corporation
House Type:Municipal Corporation
Leader1 Type:Mayor
Leader1:Anindita Mukherjee
Election1:2021
Leader2 Type:Deputy Mayor
Leader2:Amitava Banerjee
Election2:2021
Leader3 Type:Chairperson
Leader3:Mrigendra Nath Pal
Party3:TMC
Election3:2021
Seats:43
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Political Groups1:
  • Government (43)
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Meeting Place:Headquarters of the Durgapur Municipal Corporation
Last Election1:2017
Next Election1:2024

Durgapur Municipal Corporation (DMC) is the civic body that governs Durgapur in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India.

History

The Durgapur Notified Area (DNA) was formed in 1962 surrounding the areas in and around the Gopinathpur area and the halt station named Durgapur. The governing body got its name from the railway station. The formation of the Durgapur Steel Plant, an integrated steel plant and its steel township in late 1950 by the then chief minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, heralded the rapid development of the region. Plenty of industries were set up at that time in Durgapur. As a result plenty of people from adjoining areas came to newly formed city to try their luck for a job in the city's hoard of Industries. By 1994 the city was thickly populated. Seeing this an act was passed to change the existing Durgapur Notified Area (DNA) to a Municipal Corporation and thus came into existence the present Durgapur Municipal Corporation governing a total area of 157 km2 and a population of total of 5.81 lakhs (according to the 2011 census).[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Durgapur City.
  2. Web site: Durgapur Municipal Corporation Act 1994.