# Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is the local government responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of Salt Lake and Rajarhat areas in Greater Kolkata.
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). This constituted its first Board of Councillors and Mayor-in-Council with Pawan Kadyan, IAS transitioning into the role of Municipal Commissioner. BMC consists of 41 wards (grouped in 6 boroughs). 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.

## 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). 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). 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. 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.

## Budget

As of 2020, the budget of the city government is fund surplus with a budget of ₹424.8 crore (US$49 million) while its total revenue stands at ₹425 crore (US$49 million). A lot of funds were allocated for disaster management and covid relief while an allocation of ₹150 crore (US$17 million) was made for a road repairing scheme to have the transport infrastructure upgraded.

## 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.

## List of mayors

| No. | Name | Term | Term | Ward | Party | Party |
| No. | Name | Start | End | Ward | Party | Party |
| 1 | Sabyasachi Dutta | 2015 | 2019 | Ward No. 31 | | Trinamool Congress |
| 2 | Krishna Chakraborty | 2019 | Incumbent | Ward No. 29 | | Trinamool Congress |

## Current members

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has a total of 41 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in 12 February 2022. The current mayor of Bidhannagar is Krishna Chakraborty of the Trinamool Congress. The current deputy mayor is Anita Mondal of the Trinamool Congress.
Mayor: Krishna Chakraborty :
| Deputy Mayor: Anita Mondal |||||
| Ward No. | Name of Councillor | Party | Party | Remarks |
| 1 | Pinaki Nandi | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2 | Rahima Bibi | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 3 | Aratrika Bhattacharjee | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 4 | Shahnawaz Ali Mondal | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 5 | Nandini Banerjee | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 6 | Samrat Barua | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 7 | Debraj Chakraborty | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 8 | Suparna Ghosh Paul | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 9 | Samaresh Chakraborty | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 10 | Pranay Kumar Ray | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 11 | Anita Biswas | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 12 | Momota Hossain Mondal | | Independent | |
| 13 | Mohammad Sirajul Haque | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 14 | Gita Sardar | | Indian National Congress | |
| 15 | Sujit Mondal | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 16 | Jayashri Bagui | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 17 | Ashutosh Nandi | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 18 | Indranath Bagui | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 19 | Piyali Sarkar | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 20 | Prosenjit Nag | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 21 | Monoranjan Ghosh | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 22 | Atindra Prasad Sana | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 23 | Jhunku Mondal | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 24 | Manish Mukherjee | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 25 | Purnima Naskar | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 26 | Susobhan Mondal | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 27 | Binu Mondal | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 28 | Prabir Sardar | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 29 | Krishna Chakraborty | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 30 | Anita Mondal | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 31 | Sabyasachi Dutta | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 32 | Kakali Saha | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 33 | Banibrata Banerjee | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 34 | Ranjan Podder | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 35 | Jaydev Naskar | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 36 | Chamili Naskar | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 37 | Minu Das Chakraborty | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 38 | Alo Dutta | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 39 | Rajesh Chirimar | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 40 | Tulsi Sinha Roy | | Trinamool Congress | |
| 41 | Ratna Bhaumik | | Trinamool Congress | |