Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is the local governing body responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of Salt Lake and Rajarhat areas in Greater Kolkata.[2]

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
বিধাননগর পৌরনিগম
Logo of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
AbbreviationBMC
MottoSmart Bidhan Nagar
Formation18th June,2015
TypeMunicipal Corporation
HeadquartersPoura Bhawan, FD 415A, SECTOR III, KOLKATA 700106 (Bidhannagar)
Official language
Bengali, English
Mayor
Krishna Chakraborty (AITC)
Key people
Commissioner Debashish Ghosh
Budget
₹424.8 crore (US$60 million) (2020-21) [1]
Staff
2500 (approx)
Websitewww.bmcwbgov.in

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation was headed by Administrator Shri Pawan Kadyan, IAS till elections were held in October 2015 after delimitation into 41 wards (Ward Nos. 1 to 26 from Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality, Ward No. 27 from Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and Ward Nos. 28 to 41 from Bidhannagar Municipality).[3] Constitution of its first Board of Councillors was headed by Mayor Shri Sabyasachi Dutta with Shri Pawan Kadyan, IAS transitioning into the role of Municipal Commissioner.[4] BMC consists of 41 wards (grouped in 6 boroughs).[3] 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 Shri Debasis Ghosh, IAS, who has been in the post since September 2019.

Geography

This civic administrative body administers an area of 60.5 square kilometres (23.4 sq mi) which is approximately 3.2% of the Total Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA).[3] 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.[3] 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.

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. [3]

List of Mayors
No. Name Term Constituency Party
Start End
1 Sabyasachi Dutta 2015 2019 AITC
2 Krishna Chakraborty 2019 Incumbent

References
  1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bidhannagar-holds-online-budget-session/articleshow/76364390.cms
  2. "North 24 Parganas district".
  3. "bmcwbgov.in". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. "Kolkata Gazette Notification for Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation" (PDF). Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. "Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation about to be formed soon".
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