Siliguri Municipal Corporation

Siliguri Municipal Corporation or SMC was established in the year 1994 and has been responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Siliguri.

Siliguri Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Founded1994 (1994)
Leadership
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Ranjan Sarkar, TMC
since 2022
Chairperson
Pratul Chakraborty, TMC
since 2022
Structure
Seats47
Political groups
  • Government (37)
  TMC: 37
  • Opposition (10)
  BJP: 5
  CPI(M): 4
  INC: 1
Elections
Last election
2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Siliguri, West Bengal
Website
www.siligurismc.in

History

Siliguri Municipality was established in the year 1949. The first municipality office was set up in Hill Cart Road. It was a wooden construction. The first chairman of Siliguri Municipality was the then Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Sachindra Mohan Guha. In the year 1994, Siliguri Municipality was awarded Corporation status.[1]

Area Coverage

Siliguri Municipal Corporation areas include both in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri district. Out of 47 wards of SMC, 14 are in Jalpaiguri district. It administers an area of 41.90 km2 (16.18 sq mi).[2]

Departments
Name of the Department Work / Activities
Education & Culture
  • Maintenance Charges of SC / ST Students of Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri District.
  • Mid-day-Meal Programme.
  • Felicitation programme for meritorious students of Madhyamik & Higher Secondary Exam.[3]
Assessment & Mutation
  • Correction of Mutation
  • Assessment(Issue of new holding number)
Vacant Land
Land with building
Property on Railway land/Vest land[4]
Electricity
  • Maintenance and Development of Street Light and Project Work with in SMC Area.[5]
Public Works Department
  • Repairing and widening of roads.
  • Construction of drains and roads.[6]
Accounts
  • Carry out account activity of Corporation.
  • Handling of treasury.[7]
General
  • All types of computer related works and maintaining all types of files and records..
  • Maintaining telephone/mobile register of Councillors and to dispatch Govt. letters to Mayor/Deputy Mayor/Commissioner /Secretary.[8]
Birth and Death
  • Issue of Birth & Death Certificate
  • Maintain of Vital Statistics by Age, Sex & Religion.[9]
Trade Licence
  • Issuance & Renewal of Certificate of Enlistment.
  • Advertisement related works.
  • Cycle Rickshaw & Cycle Rickshaw Van related works.[10]
Building
  • Approval of the building plan.[11]
U.P.E. Section
  • Slum Improvement.[12]
Water Supply
  • Registration of water supply connection house and commercial establishment.[13]
Estlablishment
  • Pension Matter and Staff salary.[14]
Public Health and Hospital
  • Regular immunization program.
  • Health check-up.
  • Awareness program on vector-borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Encephalitis.
  • Prevent prenatal sex determination of foetus and to maintain the sex ratio between male & female.[15]
Vehicle
  • Manages and control vehicle carrying water tank and garbage.[16]
Market
  • Improvement of commercial establishment.[17]
Conservancy Section
  • Collection and disposal of garbage.[18]
Tax
  • Property tax collection.[19]
Cash Section
  • Parking Fee and Site Planning Fee.[20]
Law Section
  • To look after various day to day court cases of SMC and give legal opinion if needed.[21]
Sports
  • Co-ordanating sports activities and events organised by SMC.[22]
Guest House Booking Cell
  • Looks after bookings of guest house owned by SMC.[23]

Councillors
Ward Number Councillor's Name Area Covered Contact no
1 Sanjay Pathak
2 Gargi Chatterjee
3 Rambhajan Mahato
4 Vivek Singh
5 Anita Mahato
6 Md. Alam Khan
7 Pintu Ghosh
8 Shalini Dalmia
9 Amit Jain
10 Kamal Agarwal
11 Manjushree Paul
12 Basudeb Ghosh
13 Manik Dey
14 Srabani Dutta
15 Ranjan Sarkar (Rana)
16 Sujoy Ghattak
17 Mili Seal Sinha
18 Sanjay Sharma
19 Mousumi Hazra Subhaspally

Netaji more to Fuleswari river
20 Abhaya Bose
21 Kuntal Roy
22 Dipta Karmakar
23 Lakshmi Paul
24 Pratul Chakraborty
25 Jayanta Saha
26 Sikta Dey Basu Ray
27 Prasanta Chakraborty-Pappu
28 Samprita Das
29 Saradindu Chakraborty
30 Sathi Das
31 Moumita Mondal
32 Tapas Chatterjee
33 Goutam Deb
34 Biman Chandra Tapadar
35 Sampa Nandi
36 Ranjan Sil Sharma
37 Alak Bhakta
38 Dulal Dutta
39 Pinki Saha
40 Rajesh Prasad Sah
41 Shivika Mittal
42 Shobha Subba
43 Sukhdeo Mahato
44 Pritikana Biswas
45 Munshi Nurul Islam
46 Dilip Barman
47 Amar Ananda Das

References
  1. "Milestone". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. "Siliguri City".
  3. "Education". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. "Assessment". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. "Electricity". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. "PWD". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. "Accounts". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. "General". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. "Birth". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  10. "Trade license". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  11. "Building". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  12. "UPE". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  13. "City water supply". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  14. "Establishment". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  15. "Public health". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  16. "Vehicles". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  17. "Market". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  18. "Conservancy". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  19. "Tax". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  20. "Cash". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  21. "Law". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  22. "Sports". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  23. "Guest house". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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