Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality

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Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality
Type Municipality



Chairman Sukumar Halder
Vice Chairman Rathin Kumar Mondal




Structure India Jaynagar Majilpur, West Bengal Municipality 2022.svg






Meeting place Headquarters of the Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality
Session room Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality.jpg
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Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality (abbreviated as JMM) is an urban local body of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Jaynagar Majilpur. This civic administrative body administers an area of Template:Cvt. It is divided into 14 administrative wards.[1][2][3][4]

Geography

Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality is on the State Highway 1. It is located at Template:Coord and has an average elevation of Template:Convert.[5]

History

As per the Town Development Act 1850, Jaynagar Town Committee was established. It was responsible for the statutory planning and development of greater Jaynagar. According to the Bengal Municipal Improvement Act 1864, the town committee was awarded to municipality status and the name was finally set to Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality on 1 April 1869. It is one of the oldest municipalities in India. Harananda Vidyasagar, the father of the famous philosopher Sivanath Sastri, was the first chairman of this municipality.[6][7]

Chairman Vice Chairman
  • Harananda Vidyasagar (1869–1882)
  • Haridas Dutta (1882–1886)
  • Ananda Chandra Ghosh (1886–1900)
  • Jogindra Nath Mitra (1900–1902)
  • Biraj Krishna Dutta (1902–1903)
  • Binoy Krishna Dutta (1903–1904)
  • Bipin Bihari Dey (1904–1916)
  • Khetra Nath Mitra (1916–1919)
  • Nakuleshwar Basu (1919–1924)
  • Surendra Nath Mitra (1924–1929)
  • Bhutnath Chakraborty (1929–1935)
  • Rampada Chatterjee (1935–1936)
  • Paramananda Dutta (1936–1939)
  • Sudhir Krishna Dutta (1939–1958)
  • Birendra Nath Bhattacharya (1958–1959)
  • Hirendra Nath Mitra (1959–1964)
  • Sudhir Krishna Dutta (1964–1966)
  • Prasun Kumar Ghosh (1966–1968)
  • Monoranjan Dutta (1968–1981)
  • Prashanta Sarkhel (1981–2002)
  • Jalal Uddin Khan (2002–2005)
  • Prashanta Sarkhel (2005–2010)
  • Farida Begum Shaikh (2010–2015)
  • Sujit Sarkhel (2015–2022)
  • Sukumar Halder (2022–Present)
  • Shibaprasanna Chatterjee (1887–1888)
  • Kalinath Dutta (1888–1898)
  • Binoy Krishna Dutta (1898–1900)
  • Shibaprasanna Chatterjee (1900–1904)
  • Ramdas Banerjee (1904–1906)
  • Binoy Krishna Dutta (1906–1908)
  • Khetra Nath Mitra (1908–1915)
  • Priyanath Mitra (1915–1917)
  • Sahayaram Ghosh (1917–1919)
  • Ramtaran Chatterjee (1919–1924)
  • Moulabi Anayat Rashul (1924–1929)
  • Binoy Krishna Bhattacharya (1929–1935)
  • Debprasad Dutta (1935–1936)
  • Sushil Gopal Dutta (1936–1939)
  • Fani Bhusan Dey (1939–1942)
  • Jnanendra Nath Mitra (1942–1944)
  • Manindra Nath Basu (1944–1949)
  • Prafulla Kumar Mitra (1949–1953)
  • Manindra Nath Basu (1953–1956)
  • Hirendra Nath Mitra (1956–1968)
  • Kanailal Pal (1968–1981)
  • Asit Brahmachari (1981–1986)
  • Ismail Khan (1986–1990)
  • Sukumar Mitra (1990–1995)
  • Nanigopal Mondal (1995–2000)
  • Jalal Uddin Khan (2000–2002)
  • Bholanath Sinha (2002–2005)
  • Mihir Ganguly (2005–2010)
  • Prabir Baidya (2010–2015)
  • Tushar Kanti Roy (2015–2022)
  • Rathin Kumar Mondal (2022–Present)

Structure

The municipality refers to the Board of Councillors, with one Councillor being elected from each of the 14 administrative wards of Jaynagar Majilpur city. The Board of Councillors elects a chairman from among its elected members.[8]

According to the West Bengal Municipal Act 1993, Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality is run by the Chairman-in-Council system of governance and consists of the chairman, Vice Chairman and chief executive officer. The Chairman is the executive head of the municipality and the municipal administration is under his control. The Chairman nominates the Chairman-in-Council and distributes the various functions of the municipality. The Chairman presides over the meetings of the Chairman-in-Council as well as the Board of Councillors and in his absence the Vice Chairman chairs the meetings. The administrative functions of the municipalities are dealt through the committees and are headed by the Chairman-in-Council.[9]

Election

According to the 2022 municipal election, Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality is currently under the control of the All India Trinamool Congress. In that municipal election, the All India Trinamool Congress won in 12 wards out of the total 14 wards of Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality. Besides, Indian National Congress and Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) won in the other 2 wards.[10][11]

style="background:Template:Party color; width:85.72%;" | 12 style="background:Template:Party color; width:7.14%;" | 1 style="background:Template:Party color; width:7.14%;"| 1
AITC INC SUCI(C)
Ward Number Councillor Political Party
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 1 Farida Begum Shaikh All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 2 Rakhi Bhattacharya All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 3 Rathin Kumar Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 4 Indira Das All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 5 Prabir Kumar Roy All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 6 Abul Kahar Molla All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 7 Chinmay De All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 8 Modhumita Pal Indian National Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 9 Labanya Prava Halder All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 10 Sukumar Halder All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 11 Naba Gopal Ganguly All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 12 Bijali Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 13 Prashanta Bhandari All India Trinamool Congress
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| 14 Panchu Gopal Mistri Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)

Department

Sl. No. Department
1 Advertisement
2 Amusement
3 Assessment & Collection
4 Building
5 Bustee Services
6 Car Parking
7 Central Records
8 Ch. VS Department
9 Education
10 Election Office
11 Electricity
12 Engineering (Civil)
13 Estate
14 Finance & Accounts
15 Health
16 Info. & Public Relations
17 Information Technology
18 Institute of Urban Management
19 Internal Audit
20 Law
21 License
22 Lighting
23 Market
24 Municipal Secretary's Department
25 Municipal Service Commission
26 Parks & Squares
27 Personnel
28 Planning & Development
29 Printing
30 Environment & Heritage Department
31 Roads & Asphaltum
32 Sewerage & Drainage
33 Social Welfare & Urban Poverty Alleviation Department
34 Solid Waste Management
35 Supply
36 City Planning Department
37 Treasury Department
38 Vigilance
39 Water Supply

Service

The Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

  • Water purification and supply
  • Sewage treatment and disposal
  • Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
  • Food Inspection: Through JMM Food Inspectors
  • 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 immunisation
  • Public municipal schools etc.

References

  1. ↑ Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality. Government of West Bengal.
  3. ↑ West Bengal Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Department. Government of West Bengal.
  4. ↑ Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Government of West Bengal.
  5. ↑ Google maps
  6. ↑ Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality Celebrates Its 150 Years. Anandabazar Patrika.
  7. ↑ West Bengal Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Department. Government of West Bengal.
  8. ↑ Department of Municipal Affairs and Urban Development. Government of West Bengal.
  9. ↑ Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs. Government of West Bengal.
  10. ↑ Municipal General Election Results. West Bengal State Election Commission.
  11. ↑ Municipal General Election Results. West Bengal State Election Commission.

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