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{{short description|Municipal Corporation in West Bengal, India}}
{{Short description|Local civic body in Siliguri, West Bengal, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox legislature
{{Infobox legislature
| name              = Siliguri Municipal Corporation
| name              = Siliguri Municipal Corporation
| native_name      = <!-- Don't add Indic script here, per [[WP:INDICSCRIPT]] -->
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| coa_pic          =  
| coa_res          = 150px
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| coa_alt          = Logo of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation
| coa_alt          = Logo of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation
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| house_type        = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipal Corporation]]
| house_type        = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipal Corporation]]
| foundation        = {{start date and age|1994}}
| foundation        = {{start date and age|1994}}
| term_limits      = 5 years
| disbanded        =  
| disbanded        =  
| preceded_by      =  
| preceded_by      =  
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| leader1_type      = Mayor  
| leader1_type      = Mayor  
| leader1          = [[Goutam Deb]]
| leader1          = [[Goutam Deb]]
| party1            = [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| party1            = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]  
| election1        = [[2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| election1        = 22 February 2022
| leader2_type      = Deputy Mayor
| leader2_type      = Deputy Mayor
| leader2          = Ranjan Sarkar
| leader2          = Ranjan Sarkar
| party2            = [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| party2            = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]  
| election2        = [[2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| election2        = 22 February 2022
| leader3_type     = Chairperson
| leader3_type      = Leader of the Opposition
| leader3           = Pratul Chakraborty
| leader3          = Amit Jain
| party3           = [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| party3            = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election3         = [[2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| election3        = February 2022<ref name="LoP SMC Siliguri">{{cite web|url=https://www.siligurismc.in/opposition-leader.php|title=Leader of Opposition, Siliguri Municipal Corporation|work=SMC Siliguri|accessdate=8 March 2025}}</ref>
| leader4_type     = Chairperson
| leader4           = Pratul Chakraborty
| party4           = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]  
| election4         = 22 February 2022
| seats            = 47
| seats            = 47
| structure1        = 2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election result.svg
| structure1        = 2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election result.svg
| structure1_res    = 250px
| structure1_res    = 300px
| political_groups1 =  
| political_groups1 =
* '''Government (37)'''
'''Government (37)'''
{{legend|#20C646|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]: 37}}
:*{{Color box|#20C646}} [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (37)
* '''Opposition (10)'''
'''Opposition (10)'''
{{legend|#FF9900|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 5}}
:*{{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (5)
{{legend|#FF0000|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]: 4}}
:*{{Color box|#CC0D0D}} [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (4)
{{legend|#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 1}}
:*{{Color box|#00BBFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (1)
| session_room      = Siliguri Municipality - panoramio.jpg
| session_room      = Siliguri Municipal Corporation 03.jpg
| session_res      = 300px
| session_res      = 300px
| meeting_place    = [[Headquarters]] of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation
| meeting_place    = [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]]
| last_election1    = [[2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| voting_system1    = [[First-past-the-post voting|First past the post]]
| next_election1    = 2027
| last_election1    = [[2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election|12 February 2022]]
| next_election1    = February 2027
| motto            =  
| motto            =  
| website          = {{URL|www.siligurismc.in}}
| website          = {{url|www.siligurismc.in}}
| footnotes        =  
| footnotes        =  
}}
}}
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Siliguri Municipality was established in the year 1949. The first municipality office was set up in Hill Cart Road. It was
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.
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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.siligurismc.com/history.html |title = Milestone| publisher= SMC|access-date = 2013-05-28 }}</ref>
In the year 1994, Siliguri Municipality was awarded Corporation status.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>


==Area Coverage==
==Area Coverage==
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|}


==Councillors==
==Current members==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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 [[2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election|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]].
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=5|Mayor: Goutam Deb
|-
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=5|Deputy Mayor: Ranjan Sarkar
|-
|-
! Ward Number
! Ward No.
!Councillor's Name
! Name of Councillor
!Area Covered
! colspan="2" | Party
!Contact no
! Remarks
|-
|-
| 1  
| 1 || Sanjay Pathak || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|| Sanjay Pathak  
||  
|
|
|-  
|-
| 2  
| 2 || Gargi Chatterjee
|| Gargi Chatterjee  
||
|
|
|-  
|-
| 3  
| 3 || Ram Bhajan Mahato
|| Rambhajan Mahato  
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 4  
| 4 || Vivek Singh || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|| Vivek Singh ||
|
|
|-
|-
| 5  
| 5 || Anita Mahato
|| Anita Mahato  
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 6  
| 6 || Alam Khan || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|| Alam Khan  
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 7  
| 7 || Pintu Ghosh
|| Pintu Ghosh
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 8  
| 8 || Shalini Dalmia || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|| Shalini Dalmia
||  
|
|
|-
|-
| 9  
| 9 || Amit Jain
|| Amit Jain  
| [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of Opposition]]<ref name="LoP SMC Siliguri"/>
||
|
|-
|-
| 10  
| 10 || Kamal Agarwal || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|| Kamal Agarwal
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 11  
| 11 || Manjushree Paul || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|| Manjushree Paul
|  
||
|
|-
|-
| 12  
| 12 || Basudeb Ghosh || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|| Basudeb Ghosh
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 13  
| 13 || Manik Dey
|| Manik Dey
|  
||
|
|-
|-
| 14  
| 14 || Srabani Dutta
|| Shrabani Dutta
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 15  
| 15 || Ranjan Sarkar
|| Ranjan Sarkar (Rana)
|Deputy Mayor
||
|
|-
|-
| 16  
| 16 || Sujoy Ghatak || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|| Sujoy Ghattak
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 17  
| 17 || Mili Seal Sinha || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|| Mili Seal Sinha
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 18  
| 18 || Sanjay Sharma
|| Sanjay Sharma
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 19  
| 19 || Mousumi Hazra || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|| Mousumi Hazra
||Subhaspally
Netaji more to Fuleswari river
|
|
|-
|-
| 20  
| 20 || Abhaya Bose || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|| Abhaya Bose
|  
||  
|
|-
|-
| 21  
| 21 || Kuntal Roy
|| Kuntal Roy  
|  
||
|
|-
|-
| 22  
| 22 || Dipto Karmakar || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|| Dipta Karmakar  
||  
|
|
|-
|-
| 23  
| 23 || Lakshmi Paul || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=6}}
|| Lakshmi Paul
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 24  
| 24 || Pratul Chakraborty
|| Pratul Chakraborty  
|Chairperson
||
|
|-
|-
| 25  
| 25 || Jayanta Saha
|| Jayanta Saha  
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 26  
| 26 || Sikta Dey Basu Ray
|| Sikta Dey Basu Ray
|  
||
|
|-
|-
| 27  
| 27 || Prasanta Chakraborty
|| Prasanta Chakraborty-Papu
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 28  
| 28 || Samprita Das
|| Samprita Das
|  
||
|
|-
|-
| 29  
| 29 || Saradindu Chakraborty || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|| Saradindu Chakraborty  
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 30  
| 30 || Sathi Das || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=15}}
|| Sathi Das
|  
||
|
|-
|-
| 31  
| 31 || Moumita Mondal
|| Moumita Mondal
||
|
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|-
|-
| 32  
| 32 || Tapas Chatterjee
|| Tapas Chatterjee
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 33  
| 33 || [[Goutam Deb]]
|| [[Goutam Deb]]  
|Mayor
||
|
|-
|-
| 34  
| 34 || Biman Chandra Tapadar
|| Biman Chandra Tapadar
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 35  
| 35 || Sampa Nandi
|| Sampa Nandi
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 36  
| 36 || Ranjan Sil Sharma
|| [[Ranjan Sil Sharma]]
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 37  
| 37 || Alak Bhakta
|| Alak Bhakta
|  
||
|
|-
|-
| 38  
| 38 || Dulal Dutta
|| Dulal Dutta
|  
||
|
|-
|-
| 39  
| 39 || Pinki Saha
|| Pinki Saha  
||
|
|
|-
|-
| 40  
| 40 || Rajesh Prasad Sah
|| Rajesh Prasad Sah  
||
|
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|-
|-
| 41  
| 41 || Shivika Mittal
|| Shivika Mittal  
||
|
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|-
|-
| 42  
| 42 || Shobha Subba
|| Shobha Subba
||
|
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|-
|-
| 43  
| 43 || Sukhdeo Mahato
|| Sukhdeo Mahato  
|  
||
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|-
|-
| 44  
| 44 || Pritikana Biswas
|| Pritikana Biswas
|  
||
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|-
|-
| 45  
| 45 || Munshi Nurul Islam || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|| Munshi Nurul Islam
||  
|
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|-
|-
| 46  
| 46 || Dilip Barman || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|| Dilip Barman
||
|
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|-
|-
| 47  
| 47 || Amar Ananda Das
|| Amar Ananda Das  
||
|
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|}
|}
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{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}


[[Category:Gorkhaland]]
==External links==
[[Category:Siliguri]]
* {{Commons category-inline|Siliguri Municipal Corporation}}
[[Category:Jalpaiguri district]]
 
 
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[[Category:1994 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Siliguri]]

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Siliguri Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded1994; 32 years ago (1994)
Leadership
Mayor
Goutam Deb, AITC
since 22 February 2022
Deputy Mayor
Ranjan Sarkar, AITC
since 22 February 2022
Leader of the Opposition
Amit Jain, BJP
since February 2022[1]
Chairperson
Pratul Chakraborty, AITC
since 22 February 2022
Structure
Seats47
Political groups
Government (37)
  •   AITC (37)

Opposition (10)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
12 February 2022
Next election
February 2027
Meeting place
Siliguri, West Bengal
Website
www.siligurismc.in

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.[2]

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).[3]

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.[4]
Assessment & Mutation
  • Correction of Mutation
  • Assessment(Issue of new holding number)
Vacant Land
Land with building
Property on Railway land/Vest land[5]
Electricity
  • Maintenance and Development of Street Light and Project Work with in SMC Area.[6]
Public Works Department
  • Repairing and widening of roads.
  • Construction of drains and roads.[7]
Accounts
  • Carry out account activity of Corporation.
  • Handling of treasury.[8]
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.[9]
Birth and Death
  • Issue of Birth & Death Certificate
  • Maintain of Vital Statistics by Age, Sex & Religion.[10]
Trade Licence
  • Issuance & Renewal of Certificate of Enlistment.
  • Advertisement related works.
  • Cycle Rickshaw & Cycle Rickshaw Van related works.[11]
Building
  • Approval of the building plan.[12]
U.P.E. Section
  • Slum Improvement.[13]
Water Supply
  • Registration of water supply connection house and commercial establishment.[14]
Estlablishment
  • Pension Matter and Staff salary.[15]
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.[16]
Vehicle
  • Manages and control vehicle carrying water tank and garbage.[17]
Market
  • Improvement of commercial establishment.[18]
Conservancy Section
  • Collection and disposal of garbage.[19]
Tax
  • Property tax collection.[20]
Cash Section
  • Parking Fee and Site Planning Fee.[21]
Law Section
  • To look after various day to day court cases of SMC and give legal opinion if needed.[22]
Sports
  • Co-ordanating sports activities and events organised by SMC.[23]
Guest House Booking Cell
  • Looks after bookings of guest house owned by SMC.[24]

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.

Mayor: Goutam Deb
Deputy Mayor: Ranjan Sarkar
Ward No. Name of Councillor Party Remarks
1 Sanjay Pathak Trinamool Congress
2 Gargi Chatterjee
3 Ram Bhajan Mahato
4 Vivek Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Anita Mahato
6 Alam Khan Trinamool Congress
7 Pintu Ghosh
8 Shalini Dalmia Bharatiya Janata Party
9 Amit Jain Leader of Opposition[1]
10 Kamal Agarwal Trinamool Congress
11 Manjushree Paul Bharatiya Janata Party
12 Basudeb Ghosh Trinamool Congress
13 Manik Dey
14 Srabani Dutta
15 Ranjan Sarkar Deputy Mayor
16 Sujoy Ghatak Indian National Congress
17 Mili Seal Sinha Trinamool Congress
18 Sanjay Sharma
19 Mousumi Hazra Communist Party of India
20 Abhaya Bose Trinamool Congress
21 Kuntal Roy
22 Dipto Karmakar Communist Party of India
23 Lakshmi Paul Trinamool Congress
24 Pratul Chakraborty Chairperson
25 Jayanta Saha
26 Sikta Dey Basu Ray
27 Prasanta Chakraborty
28 Samprita Das
29 Saradindu Chakraborty Communist Party of India
30 Sathi Das Trinamool Congress
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 Communist Party of India
46 Dilip Barman Trinamool Congress
47 Amar Ananda Das

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leader of Opposition, Siliguri Municipal Corporation". SMC Siliguri. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Milestone". SMC. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Siliguri City".
  4. ↑ "Education". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Assessment". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Electricity". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "PWD". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Accounts". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "General". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Birth". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Trade license". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Building". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "UPE". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "City water supply". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Establishment". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Public health". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  17. ↑ "Vehicles". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  18. ↑ "Market". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "Conservancy". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "Tax". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  21. ↑ "Cash". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "Law". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "Sports". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  24. ↑ "Guest house". SMC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

External links

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