Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Logo of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Seal of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Leadership
Mayor
Krishna Chakraborty, AITC
since 12 February 2022
Deputy Mayor
Anita Mondal, AITC
since 12 February 2022
Chairperson
Sabyasachi Dutta, AITC
since 12 February 2022
Structure
Political groups
  • Government (44)
  TMC: 44
  • Opposition (2)
  INC: 1
  IND: 1
Elections
First past the post
Last election
12 February 2022
Next election
February 2027
Meeting place
Headquarters of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Website
www.bmcwbgov.in

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).[2] This constituted its first Board of Councillors and Mayor-in-Council with Pawan Kadyan, IAS transitioning into the role of Municipal Commissioner.[3] BMC consists of 41 wards (grouped in 6 boroughs).[2] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "North 24 Parganas district". Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference bmc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "New Commissioner".