Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Infobox Organization
name= Kolkata Municipal Corporation


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caption= Logo of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation


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motto= "Purosree Bibardhan" (Bengali)
formation= 1896 ?
type= Municipal
headquarters= Kolkata
membership=
language= Bengali, English
leader_title= Mayor
leader_name= Bikashranjan Bhattacharya
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num_staff= 37,829 (as on 31 March, 2003)
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website= http://www.kolkatamycity.com

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (formerly "Calcutta Municipal Corporation") is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Kolkata. The organisation is known, in short, as KMC (previously CMC). This civic administrative body administers an area of 185 sq. km. Its motto, "Purosree Bibardhan", is inscribed on its emblem in Bengali script. KMC is headed by Mr. Bikashranjan Bhattacharya the present Mayor of Kolkata.

The KMC was established in 1876. The city is divided into 141 administrative wards that are grouped into 15 boroughs. [cite web|publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation |url=http://www.kolkatamycity.com/stat.asp| title=Kolkata Statistics |accessdate=2007-09-01] 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 borough. The Corporation, through the borough committees, maintains government-aided schools, hospitals and municipal markets and partakes in urban planning and road maintenance.cite web|publisher=World Association of the Major Metropolises |url=http://www.metropolis.org/Data/Files/438_007_Kolkata_ENG.pdf | title=007 Kolkata (India) | format= PDF Format | accessdate=2006-04-26] 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. Themayor is responsible for the overall functioning of the KMC and has a tenure of five years.cite web
publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation | url=http://www.kolkatamycity.com/about_kmc_overview.asp | title=AboutKolkata Municipal Corporation | accessdate=2006-04-26] At present, the CPI(M)-led Left Front holds the power in the KMC.

The city also has an apolitical titular post, that of the Sheriff of Kolkata. [cite news
author=| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051228/asp/calcutta/story_5652677.asp
title=New sheriff of Kolkata | publisher=The Telegraph
date=2005-12-28| accessdate=2007-09-01] 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). [cite web
publisher=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority| url=http://www.cmdaonline.com/profile.html | title=About Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority| accessdate=2007-09-01

] 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), butincludes an adjacent area as well. See Civic Administration of Kolkata.

ervices

The KMC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
* Water purification and supply
* Sewage treatment and disposal
* Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
* Solid waste management
* Building and Maintenance of roads, streets and flyovers.
* Street lighting
* Maintenance of parks and open spaces
* Cemeteries and Crematoriums
* Registering of births and deaths
* Conservation of heritage sites
* Disease control, including immunization
* Public municipal schools etc.

External links

* [http://www.kolkatamycity.com Official site of KMC]

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