Kolkata Municipal Corporation কলকাতা পৌরসংস্থা
Emblem of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	1876; 149 years ago (1876)
Leadership
Mayor	Firhad Hakim, AITC since 28 December 2021
Deputy Mayor	Atin Ghosh, AITC since 28 December 2021
Chairperson	Mala Roy, AITC since 8 May 2015
Structure
Seats	144
Political groups	Government (138)   AITC (136)   IND (2)[1] Opposition (6)   BJP (3)   INC (1)[2]   CPI(M) (1)   CPI (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	19 December 2021
Next election	December 2026
Motto
পুরশ্রী বিবর্ধন Perennial progress of the City's prosperity
Meeting place
Headquarters of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Website
www.kmcgov.in

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is thelocal government of theIndian city ofKolkata, thestate capital ofWest Bengal. This civic administrative body administers an area of 206.08 square kilometres (79.57 sq mi).^[3] Itsmotto,Puroshri Bibardhan, is inscribed on itsemblem inBengali script. It is headed by amayor, who presides over 144councillors, each of whom represents one of the144 wards of the city.

Under the guidance of the first Minister of Local Self-Government in Bengal, SirSurendranath Banerjee, the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1923 made provision for the enfranchisement of women and the election of aMayor of Kolkata annually.Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das was the first Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation withSubhas Chandra Bose as his Chief Executive Officer.^[4] Later mayors includeDeshapriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta,Subhas Chandra Bose,Bidhan Chandra Roy,Nalini Ranjan Sarkar,Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque,Triguna Sen,Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.^[5]

The city is divided into 144 administrativewards^[6] that are grouped into 16boroughs.^[7] Each of these wards elects acouncillor 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.^[8] 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.^[9] At present, theAll India Trinamool Congress holds the power in the KMC.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation has a total of 144 members or corporators, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in19 December 2021. The current mayor of Kolkata isFirhad Hakim of theTrinamool Congress. The current deputy mayor isAtin Ghosh of theTrinamool Congress.

As of 2024-25, thecity government's budget is₹5,166.79 crore (US$610 million), out of which₹320 crore (US$38 million) was earmarked for roads and transport infrastructure,₹692.14 crore (US$82 million) is to be spent on solid waste management,₹408 crore (US$48 million) on water supply and₹163 crore (US$19 million) on health services.^[10]

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]}

The city also has an apoliticaltitular post, that of theSheriff of Kolkata.^[11] The Sheriff presides over various city-related functions and conferences. Another ancillary civic body is theKolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) responsible for the statutory planning and development of theKolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA).^[12] The KMA includes a large suburbanhinterland around the urban centre of Kolkata.

The jurisdiction of the KMC covers the area covered by theKolkata Police (which in turn includes the area ofKolkata District / KMC)

In 2011, it was announced that Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation area will be coterminous.^[13][14]

Kolkata Postal District however extends right up to Barrackpur in the North, Barasat in the North-East, Rajarhat in the East, up to Baruipur in South-East and Pailan in South and up to Pujali in South-West. The Postal code in this entire area starts with 700, indicating Postal Sorting Division of Kolkata. Thus Kolkata Postal Division is much bigger than the area of KMC (Kolkata District) and Kolkata Police.

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
• Food Inspection:Through KMC Food Inspectors
• Solid waste management
• Building and maintenance of roads, streets and flyovers.
• Street lighting
• Maintenance ofparks and open spaces
• Cemeteries and Crematoriums
• Registering of births and deaths
• Conservation of heritage sites
• Disease control, includingimmunisation
• Public municipal schools etc.

Control Room of Kolkata Municipal Corporation can be contacted at (033) 2286-1212.

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