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May 30th, 2016, 09:33 AM
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Re: Functions of Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Kolkata Municipal Corporation or KMC is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Kolkata. This civic administrative body administers an area of 200.71 km2.

KMC Functions

According to Section 29 of the KMC Act, KMC has the following Obligatory Functions:

1. Supply of drinking water in the KMC area

2. Cleaning and removal of filth, rubbish and other obnoxious matters

3. Laying and maintaining Public Streets

4. Provision of public lighting

5. Sewerage and drainage provision in KMC area

6. Naming and numbering of streets and premises

7. Planting of trees on roadsides and elsewhere

8. The laying out or maintenance of public parks, gardens or recreation grounds

9. Health and welfare functions

10. Regulation of trade through licensing

11. Provision of municipal markets and slaughter-houses

12. Maintenance of heritage monuments

13 Record keeping and statistics

14 Providing by itself or by an agency, means of supply of water for fire-fighting.


According to Section 30 of the KMC Act, KMC has the following Discretionary Functions:

1. Furtherance of education

2. Establishment and maintenance of libraries, museums, zoological collections

3. Survey of building and lands

4. Providing music and entertainment in public places or public resorts

5. Organization and management of fairs and exhibitions

6. Acquisition of movable and immovable property for purpose mentioned before

7. Construction of rest house, poor house, infirmaries, children homes, house of deaf and dumb and disabled persons

8. Construction and maintenance of cattle ponds

9. Purchase, construction and maintenance of house for employees

10. Welfare of employees

11. Establishment and maintenance of hospitals and dispensaries

12. Provision of swimming pools, bathing place and other institutions for improvement of community health

13. Construction/maintenance of warehouse and garages sheds and cattle biers

14. Provision of housing accommodation for inhabitants

15. Any measures to promote public safety, health sanitation

Services

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

Contact Detail:
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation
5, S. N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata 700 013, India
Ph : +91 33 2286-1000 (28 Lines)


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