Siliguri Municipal Corporation

{{Short description|Local civic body in Siliguri, West Bengal, India}}

{{Infobox legislature

| name = Siliguri Municipal Corporation

| coa_pic =

| coa_res = 150px

| coa_alt = Logo of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation

| coa_caption = Seal of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation

| house_type = Municipal Corporation

| foundation = {{start date and age|1994}}

| term_limits = 5 years

| disbanded =

| preceded_by =

| succeeded_by =

| leader1_type = Mayor

| leader1 = Goutam Deb

| party1 = AITC

| election1 = 22 February 2022

| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor

| leader2 = Ranjan Sarkar

| party2 = AITC

| election2 = 22 February 2022

| leader3_type = Leader of the Opposition

| leader3 = Amit Jain

| party3 = BJP

| election3 = February 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.siligurismc.in/opposition-leader.php|title=Leader of Opposition, Siliguri Municipal Corporation|work=SMC Siliguri|accessdate=8 March 2025}}

| leader4_type = Chairperson

| leader4 = Pratul Chakraborty

| party4 = AITC

| election4 = 22 February 2022

| seats = 47

| structure1 = 2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election result.svg

| structure1_res = 300px

| political_groups1 =

Government (37)

:*{{Color box|#20C646}} AITC (37)

Opposition (10)

:*{{Color box|#FF9933}} BJP (5)

:*{{Color box|#CC0D0D}} CPI(M) (4)

:*{{Color box|#00BBFF}} INC (1)

| session_room = Siliguri Municipal Corporation 03.jpg

| session_res = 300px

| meeting_place = Siliguri, West Bengal

| voting_system1 = First past the post

| last_election1 = 12 February 2022

| next_election1 = February 2027

| motto =

| website = {{url|www.siligurismc.in}}

| footnotes =

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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.

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.{{cite web| url = http://www.siligurismc.com/history.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130425231053/http://www.siligurismc.com/history.html | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 25 April 2013 |title = Milestone| publisher= SMC|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}

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 {{convert|41.90|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|title=Siliguri City|url=https://www.sjda.org/SJDA/Pages/location}}

Departments

Name of the Department ! Work / Activities
class="wikitable sortable"
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.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/education-and-culture.php \|title = Education\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Assessment & Mutation	* Correction of Mutation Assessment(Issue of new holding number) : Vacant Land :: Land with building ::: Property on Railway land/Vest land{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/assessment-and-mutation.php \|title = Assessment\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Electricity	* Maintenance and Development of Street Light and Project Work with in SMC Area.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/electricity-department.php \|title = Electricity\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Public Works Department	* Repairing and widening of roads. Construction of drains and roads.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/public-works-department-pwd.php \|title = PWD\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Accounts	* Carry out account activity of Corporation. Handling of treasury.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/accounts-department.php \|title = Accounts\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
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.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/general-department.php \|title = General\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Birth and Death	* Issue of Birth & Death Certificate Maintain of Vital Statistics by Age, Sex & Religion.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/birth--death-registration.php \|title = Birth\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Trade Licence	* Issuance & Renewal of Certificate of Enlistment. Advertisement related works. Cycle Rickshaw & Cycle Rickshaw Van related works.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/trade-license.php \|title = Trade license\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Building	* Approval of the building plan.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/building-department.php \|title = Building\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
U.P.E. Section	* Slum Improvement.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/upe-department.php \|title = UPE\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Water Supply	* Registration of water supply connection house and commercial establishment.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/water-supply-department.php \|title = City water supply\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Estlablishment	* Pension Matter and Staff salary.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/establishment.php \|title =Establishment\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
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.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/public-health--hospitals.php \|title = Public health\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Vehicle	* Manages and control vehicle carrying water tank and garbage.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/vehicles-department.php \|title = Vehicles\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Market	* Improvement of commercial establishment.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/market-department.php \|title = Market\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Conservancy Section	* Collection and disposal of garbage.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/conservancy-environment.php \|title = Conservancy\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Tax	* Property tax collection.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/tax-department.php \|title = Tax\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Cash Section	* Parking Fee and Site Planning Fee.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/cash-department.php \|title = Cash\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Law Section	* To look after various day to day court cases of SMC and give legal opinion if needed.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/law-department.php \|title = Law\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Sports	* Co-ordanating sports activities and events organised by SMC.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/sports-department.php \|title = Sports\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}
Guest House Booking Cell	* Looks after bookings of guest house owned by SMC.{{cite web\| url = http://siligurismc.in/guesthouse-booking-cell.php \|title = Guest house\| publisher= SMC\|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}

Current members

Siliguri Municipal Corporation has a total of 47 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 Siliguri is Goutam Deb of the Trinamool Congress. The current deputy mayor is Ranjan Sarkar of the Trinamool Congress.

style="background-color:#04FF21; color:black" coLspan=5\|Mayor: Goutam Deb
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="background-color:#04FF21; color:black" colspan=5\|Deputy Mayor: Ranjan Sarkar
Ward No. ! Name of Councillor ! colspan="2" \| Party ! Remarks
1	Sanjay Pathak	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=3}} \|
2	Gargi Chatterjee \|
3	Ram Bhajan Mahato \|
4	Vivek Singh	{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party\|rowspan=2}} \|
5	Anita Mahato \|
6	Alam Khan	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=2}} \|
7	Pintu Ghosh \|
8	Shalini Dalmia	{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party\|rowspan=2}} \|
9	Amit Jain \| Leader of Opposition
10	Kamal Agarwal	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress}} \|
11	Manjushree Paul	{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}} \|
12	Basudeb Ghosh	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=4}} \|
13	Manik Dey \|
14	Srabani Dutta \|
15	Ranjan Sarkar \|Deputy Mayor
16	Sujoy Ghatak	{{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}} \|
17	Mili Seal Sinha	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=2}} \|
18	Sanjay Sharma \|
19	Mousumi Hazra	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|dab=yes}} \|
20	Abhaya Bose	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=2}} \|
21	Kuntal Roy \|
22	Dipto Karmakar	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|dab=yes}} \|
23	Lakshmi Paul	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=6}} \|
24	Pratul Chakraborty \|Chairperson
25	Jayanta Saha \|
26	Sikta Dey Basu Ray \|
27	Prasanta Chakraborty \|
28	Samprita Das \|
29	Saradindu Chakraborty	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|dab=yes}} \|
30	Sathi Das	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=15}} \|
31	Moumita Mondal \|
32	Tapas Chatterjee \|
33	Goutam Deb \|Mayor
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	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|dab=yes}} \|
46	Dilip Barman	{{Full party name with color\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=2}} \|
47	Amar Ananda Das \|

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Siliguri Municipal Corporation}}

Category:Municipal corporations in West Bengal

Category:1994 establishments in West Bengal

Category:Siliguri