The civic administration of the city is managed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). It is responsible for the civic maintenance and development of infrastructure of the city. Kolkata metropolis is divided into 141 administrative wards that are grouped into 15 boroughs. |
Each of these wards elects a councilor to the KMC. Each borough has a committee consisting of the councilors 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. The corporation is headed by a Mayor who is 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 tenure of five-years.
Other administrative bodies include theKolkata Police and the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). The Kolkata Police is headed by a Commissioner that comes under the state Home Ministry who is responsible for maintaining law and order in the city. The city is administratively divided into five police-zones subdivided into 48 local police stations. The role of KMDA is multidisciplinary in nature. It is the agency of city planning, it sculpts new areas and townships, it develops physical infrastructure as well as provides basic services like water, drainage, waste management.
The Corporation, through the borough committees, maintains government-aided schools, hospitals and municipal markets and partakes in urban planning and road maintenance. The corporation is headed by a Mayor who is 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 tenure of five-years.Other administrative bodies include theKolkata Police and the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). The Kolkata Police is headed by a Commissioner that comes under the state Home Ministry who is responsible for maintaining law and order in the city. The city is administratively divided into five police-zones subdivided into 48 local police stations. The role of KMDA is multidisciplinary in nature. It is the agency of city planning, it sculpts new areas and townships, it develops physical infrastructure as well as provides basic services like water, drainage, waste management.
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