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Allocations Raised On Water, Slum, Waste Management in KMC Budget 2015-16

Posted on July 10, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee presented the KMC Budget for the year 2015-16 on Thursday.

The Kolkata Mayor has strained the frayed KMC coffers to increase expenditure on three fronts: water supply , solid waste management and slum development. In fact, with the focus being on the basic infrastructure, less money has been allotted for beautification and parks.

Development has been made in solid waste management by installing compactor stations under the Clean City Project, working towards freeing the roads of vats, which are more often than not, spill over with piles of garbage. But water supply has remained a cause of concern in pockets along E M Bypass, and vast stretches of Tollygunge, Behala, Jadavpur, Garden Reach, where the Trinamool holds sway . The civic board has also spent the least when it came to water supply to slums. The KMC is now expecting an additional Rs 123 crore from the Municipal Development Fund of the state government, which will be used to speed up capacity augmentation of the Garden Reach water treatment plant to soothe nerves. The projected expenditure, said a source, had shot up by Rs 557 crore, though revenue generation has not witnessed any significant rise.

The Mayor has also announced a waiver on property tax interest, to collect outstanding revenues. The Mayor hopes to earn an additional Rs 100 crore on the property tax front, after the interest waiver policy. With the property tax being the corporation’s mainstay , the KMC has been targeting major tax defaulters.

Allotments in the KMC Budget 2015-16:

2015-16 allocation for Water Supply: Rs 324.92 crore.

2015-16 allocation for Lighting and Electrification: Rs 107.67 crore.

2015-16 allocation for Social Welface and Urban Poverty Alleviation: Rs 14.43 crore.

2015-16 allocation for Slum Development: Rs 136.38 crore.

2015-16 allocation for Parks and Squares: Rs 38.50 crore.

2015-16 allocation for Drainage: Rs 223.42 crore.

2015-16 allocation for Education: Rs 33.22 crore.

2015-16 allocation for Health: Rs 130.43 crore.

Kolkata emerges as national model in providing e-services

Posted on June 10, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Kolkata has emerged as a national model in providing e-services to citizens, Mayor of Kolkata, Sovan Chatterjee today informed via Twitter.

He added that Union Ministry of Urban Development has written to Kolkata Municipal Corporation to share the best practices model for other cities to emulate.

Bengal shows the way

This is not the first time, Bengal has emerged as a national model. From countering left-wing extremism in Jangalmahal to the fair price medicine shops, Bengal has always showed the way.

Incidentally, a recent survey by a Bangalore based organisation adjudged Kolkata as the best city to live in India. India Today magazine termed Kolkata as the safest city in India. Kolkata also emerged in the list of fastest growing cities in the world in AT Kearney’s Global Cities Index.

We dedicate this day to Maa, Mati, Manush: WB CM at Kolkata Mayor’s oath-taking ceremony

Posted on May 8, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

West Bengal Chief Minister today attended the swearing-in ceremony of the Mayor of Kolkata, Sovan Chatterjee, at the historic Town Hall. Dedicating the day to the Maa, Mati, Manush of West Bengal, the CM asked everyone to participate in the surge of development.

“Kolkata is a non-planned city yet I can say confidently that we are No. 1 among all metros. No other city can match Kolkata in the cordiality among people,” she added.

Kolkata has seen a lot of development in the last 5 years, the Chief Minister added. She said this will be the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Kolkata.

The swearing-in ceremony today was graced by the presence of the Speaker of West Bengal Assembly, eminent citizens from all walks of life, various government officials and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

KMC eyes more compactors to fight filth

Posted on May 2, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Convinced with the efficiency of compactor stations — 43 at work and 25 more in the pipeline — Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee has given a go-ahead to the civic board to extend the service to areas where it has still not been introduced. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation also has plans to procure movable compactor machines to take care of existing garbage vats.

This is not all. Keeping in mind next year’s assembly elections, the Kolkata Mayor has made cleanliness a priority. Accordingly, the KMC solid waste management department has requisitioned 800 trash bins that will be strategically placed to collect waste from large municipal markets. The KMC is also contemplating to introduce small battery-driven cars to replace hand carts for door-to-door collection of garbage. Such battery cars are already operational in areas like Manoharpukur Road, Sarat Bose Road and parts of Rashbehari Avenue.

However, of all these measures to make Kolkata a sparkling clean city, the Trinamool board is focusing most on the construction of more compactor stations. It was in December 2012 when Kalighat got the first compactor machine in the city. Then four more stations came up, one each in Southern Avenue, Samsul Huda Road, Tallah and Chetla.

Later West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee sanctioned a special Rs 30 crore funds for construction of compactor stations. The state funds were utilized for setting up 30 compactor stations during the period. In the last phase, the KMC set up stations at Mirza Ghalib Street to replace the infamous vat opposite the Food Corporation office. Similarly, large vats that used to spill garbage over to Camac Street, Surjya Sen Street were replaced thereafter.

The civic body will now concentrate on setting up garbage compactor machines at New Alipore, Bondel Road and Garfa Road among other areas. Initially, there was a plan to set up 78 compactor stations. But encouraged by the success of such stations, the KMC may now go up to 100 stations across the city.

“Ultimately, our aim is to make Kolkata a vat-free city. After getting a positive response from citizens, we are now committed to continue with the mission,” Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee said.

Water supply top priority: Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee

Posted on April 30, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Sovan Chatterjee, who is set to take oath as mayor for the second time, came to office early on Wednesday and held a series of meetings with KMDA and KMC officials on the future course of action.

Excerpts of his plans regarding KMC’s work in the next five years:

Q. What are your plans for the next five years?

Mayor: This time I will concentrate on sustainable development of the city. I will try to do an all round development of the city.

Q: Tell us some areas where you want to bring about a marked change?

Mayor: Supply of drinking water is an area where we need to improve upon in a big way. We have undertaken a major augmentation project to make potable water reach every household. Right now we have decided to inaugurate a 50 million gallon water treatment plant at Garden Reach, which is nearing completion. Out of this treatment plant, we aim to supply 10-12 million gallons of water to areas of three municipalities Budge Budge, Pujali and Maheshtala.

We will then take up construction of another treatment plant at Garden Reach. Besides, the capacity of Palta waterworks and Dhapa water treatment plant will also undergo an augmentation programme. The aim is to discourage installation of tube wells as a source of drinking water.

Q: Besides water supply what will be the other focus areas?

Mayor: There are many. We have successfully installed 43 garbage compactor stations across the city to phase out vats, which would make the city dirty.
Now we intend to extend the service to places where large vats still exist. We are in the process of finding land for setting up such compactor stations. In the next five years, we will take the number from 43 to 100.

This apart, we have planned to install 1,000 trash bins of different sizes to take care of waste from the different markets.

Q: What about your plans for the beautification of the riverfront?

Mayor: We have decided to continue with the riverfront beautification. The successful implementation of the beautification project along the Hooghly till Jagganath Ghat will be extended up to Mayer Ghat and then further. We have appealed to the Centre to release funds for this.

Q. What will be the policy as far as determining property tax is concerned. Will you continue with the old method or introduce unit area assessment?

Mayor: We want to simplify the method of calculating property tax. While the present system of rental basis of calculating property tax will not be discarded, those who want to determine the tax based on unit area method will also be welcome. We want to keep the two systems alive.

Q: How will you undertake administrative reforms?

Mayor: We are duty bound to give a transparent civic administration to the citizens. It is our responsibility to ensure that nobody gets harassed while they seek services at our office counters.

Q: What will be your policy on hawkers?

Mayor: We have adopted a hawker policy in which we have stressed on pedestrians’ rights and ensured the livelihood of the hawkers.

We dedicate our victory to the people of Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Posted on April 28, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Trinamool today swept the municipal polls in Bengal by winning 71 of the 91 municipalities and 114 wards out of 144 in Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

The Chairperson also thanked the electorate of Bengal for coming out in large numbers to vote, braving the bad weather and natural calamities.

She praised Mayor Sovan Chatterjee for the good work in the last five years and expected him to perform even better in the future.

No victory rallies

After the final trends emerged, party Chairperson Ms Mamata Banerjee addressed the press at Kalighat. She dedicated the victory to the people of Bengal and urged party workers not to take out any victory rallies because of the earthquake tragedy in Nepal.

Mamata Banerjee said the victory will be celebrated on May 9, on the occasion of Rabindra Jayanti. She said Trinamool workers will dedicate the huge victory in municipal polls to Rabindranath Tagore through Rabi Pronaam in every block.

Slander campaign of media defeated

She also slammed a section of the media for their slander campaign against Trinamool and said people have the final say in a democracy. “In 2008, there was unabated violence. Many people lost their lives. Several media houses maligned us during elections.Media houses like ABP unleashed slander propaganda against us. They published several false news to defame us. These media houses indulge in baseless personal attacks against us. In other States, they would have been taken to task. I request the media to be neutral. Criticise me if I am wrong. But do not indulge in paid news,” she said.

“Out of 4000 odd booths in Kolkata, complaints came from 15 of booths. One person died in polls, he was our party worker. Opposition cried foul about rigging. Had rigging happened, would our sitting Councillors lose? The channels themselves said we would win 110 seats in opinion polls.People have the final say in democracy. No one has the right to insult them,” she added.

State-funded elections

Mamata Banerjee also slammed the Centre for destroying the federal structure of the country and reiterated her demand for state-funded elections.

Where is TMC’s opposition - Left parties are gas balloons, BJP plays Draupadi: Sovan Chatterjee

Posted on April 17, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

We have reproduced an interview of Sovan Chatterjee with The Times of India as published on April 17, 2015

Trinamool Congress leader Sovan Chatterjee has been heading Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) as the city’s mayor since 2010. Chatterjee, who hasn’t lost an election since 1985, faces another civic poll on April 18. Speaking with The Times of India, the mayor discussed Kolkata’s development, allegations of corruption by opposition and why he thinks BJP prefers playing Draupadi over developing political maturity.

Q: Critics often call Kolkata a decrepit city. What’s your view?

Mayor: Well, that used to be the perception about Kolkata once upon a time but no longer.

In the last three to four years, people coming to Kolkata have said the city has changed a lot. It doesn’t look shabby any more. The city is much cleaner, roads are better, streets are well-lit, the riverfront has been developed and looks beautiful. Civic amenities have improved.

When I took over as mayor of Kolkata, my chief Mamata Banerjee said she didn’t want to listen to any excuses about funds or space crunch. In the last five years of our stint, we’ve tried our best to develop the city holistically but Kolkata is a 300-year-old city with problems that come with age. So, more work remains to be done.

Q: But isn’t the opposition alleging corruption against the outgoing KMC?

Mayor: Is anybody alleging lack of development in the last five years? No.

The development work we undertook in the last five years is my trump card for this election. In the last 30 years, the Left Front ruled KMC for about 20 years. They did not do anything to increase water supply to the city by even one gallon in the last five years, we ensured drinking water supply to 95% of the city.

Earlier, large swathes of Kolkata would be waterlogged for three to four days during rains. Now, the water’s cleared in two to three hours. Another crucial achievement is removal of garbage dumps and replacing them with compactor garbage disposal machines, possibly a first in Asia. This was done with financial help from the West Bengal government. We aim to make Kolkata free of visible garbage dumps soon.

Mind you, before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, UPA government had approved several projects, including garbage compactors and JNNURM. UPA also sanctioned funds but BJP cancelled all allocations after coming to power.

However, that could not impact Kolkata’s development. People have seen how the city has improved.

Since the opposition can’t find fault with our work, they’re making baseless allegations it’s like give the dog a bad name and hang it.

Q: Who’s your main opposition in the civic polls?

Mayor: Where is the opposition? I’m still searching for them. CPM and Left parties need to mould their politics so it appeals to people just being a gas balloon doesn’t help.

BJP’s in a hurry to grab the driver’s seat. Mama ta Banerjee had to wait for years before she got experienced drivers to steer Trinamool Congress to power. Our men were killed in Left Front’s regime but Trinamool workers didn’t run away.

BJP lacks workers and their leadership loves talking it’s easy to be a Draupadi in a political drama but political maturity is difficult to attain.

KMC Election 2015 Campaign: South Kolkata

Posted on April 14, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Members of AITC Digital Desk tool a sneak peek at the campaigns for the Kolkata Municipal Election, 2015, by All Indian Trinamool Congress at Ward Nos 61, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72, 73, 81, 96 and 110 within Boroughs VI, VII, VIII, IX and X.

Campaign by Trinamool Congress in these areas has been based on the numerous developmental works including beautification of the areas.

Ward No 61 Candidate: Manzar Iqbal

Banner campaign at Ward No 61

The Ward lies bounded by the Muzaffar Ahmed Street and Benia Pukur Lane in the north, Park Street in the south, Jannagar Road, Crematorium Street, Harekrishna Konar Road and Acharya Jagadish Bose Road in the east and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road in the west.

Campaign near Royd Street, Ward No 61

The ward has seen various developmental works in the past five years. Streets and lanes are well lit up and the ward is clean. Slums in the area are equipped with proper water supply, drainage, sewerage and lights. Roads are cleaned at regular intervals.

Ward No 63 Candidate: Susmita Bhattacharya

Banner campaign at Ward No 63

The Ward lies bounded by the Outram Road, Nellie Sengupta Sarani, Collin Lane and Park Street in the north, Acharya Jagadish Bose Rd. and Tolly’s Nullah in the south, the road connecting Acharya Jagadish Bose Road and Belvedere and Mirza Ghalib Street in the east and Kidderpore Road, Casurina Avenue, Chowringhee Road and Jawahjar Lal Nehru Road in the west.

Citizens experiencing free Wi-Fi service on Park Street, Ward No 63

The heart of the business center in south-central Kolkata has a number of things to boast for. The Park Street offers free Wi-Fi. Camac Street and adjoining areas are clean and green. Compactor machines, public toilets are in places and parks are well maintained.

Ward No 64 Candidate: Iqbal Ahmed

Banner campaign at Ward No 64

The Ward lies bounded by the Park Street, Suhrawardy Avenue and Gorachand Road in the north, Circus Avenue, Beckbagan Row, Shamsul Huda Road, Dr. Biresh Guha Street and Park Street in the south, Bright Street and Tiljala Road in the east and Acharya Jagadish Bose Road and Dr. Sundari Mohan Avenue in the west.

Renovation works at Park Circus under Borough VII

The campaigning in this Ward in mainly based on providing slum development, water supply and various other issues. Measures taken by the present councilor have not been proved to be effective enough. The people of the ward will seek for change and elect the Trinamool candidate.

Ward No 70 Candidate: Satchidananda Banerjee

Banner campaign at Ward No 70, different utilities in the same ward

The Ward lies bounded by the Acharya Jagadish Bose Road in the north, Chakraberia Road South and Paddapukur Road in the south, Sarat Bose Road, Paddapukur Road and Chakraberia Road South in the east and Ashutosh Mukherjee Road and Chowringhee Road in the west.

Renovated Northern Park at Ward No 70

The last five years under Trinamool Board saw priority given to water supply. Water logging problems in this ward has been solved. Beatification drive was actively taken for the historic Northern Park. A community hall has been set up at Jogesh Mitra Road. A garbage compactor has been set up in the ward and battery-powered garbage collecting vans operate in this area. The lanes and by-lanes of the ward has been well lit-up. A nigh-shelter for the street dwellers is coming up near Northern Park.

Ward No 71 Candidate: Papiya Singh

Banner campaign at Ward No 71

The Ward lies bounded by the Acharya Jagadish Bose Road in the north, Suhasini Ganguli Sarani, Gobinda Bose Lane, Bijoy Bose Road and Tolly’s Nullah in the south, Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Debendralal Khan Road and Chowringhee Road in the east and Tolly’s Nullah and the Road connecting Belevedere Road and Acharya Jagadish Bose Road, Madan Pal Lane and Harish Mukherjee Road in the west.

Party colours adorn roads at Ward No 71

The Trinamool Board has solved the water logging problem in Gokhale Road and other areas of the ward. D L Khan Road has now been lit up, repaired and water supply strengthened. A community centre has been set up in the ward and garbage compactor station set up. Most importantly, the part of Adi Ganga, flowing by the ward has been cleaned and dredged.

Ward No 72 Candidate: Sandip Bakshi

Graffiti campaign at Ward No 72

The Ward lies bounded by the Chakraberia Road South and Paddapukur Road in the north, Hazra Road in the south, Sarat Bose Road in the east and Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road, Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Chakrabere Road south and Paddapukur Road in the west.

Campaign at Bhowanipore area

The ward has seen various developmental works in the past five years. The greenery of Bakul Bagan area is well maintained. Water supply is regular. Streets and lanes are well lit up and the ward is clean as well as green.

Ward No 73 Candidate: Ratan Malakar

Banner campaign at Ward No 73

The Ward lies bounded by the Suhasini Ganguli Sarani, Gobinda Bose Lane and Bijoy Bose Road in the north, Hazra Road and Tolly’s Nullah in the south, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road, Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Harish Mukherjee Road and Madan Pal Lane in the east and Tolly’s Nullah and Debendralal Khan Road in the west.

Jai Hind Community Hall at Ward No 73

The ward has seen various developmental works in the past five years right from installation of High Masts at important junctures to setting up movable compactor machines. Renovation works in Harish Park and Jatin Das Park have made both the places find back their lost glory. The Jai Hind Community Hall is now open to serve the poor. The Ghats on Adi Ganga, like the Gopal Ghat and Balaram Bose Ghat have been renovated.

Harish Park being cleaned even during the mid-day

Ward No 81 Candidate: Jui Biswas

Road Show at Ward No 81

The Ward lies bounded by the Eastern Railway tracks in the north, Circular Road (Tollygunge), S.N. Roy Road and a line drawn on the southern edge of New Alipore of block-K in the south, Deshpran Sasmal Road in the east and Diamond Harbour Road in the west.

Renovated Triangular Park in New Alipore, Ward No 81

This ward has seen tremendous development in the last five years under Trinamool Board. Drainage system in this ward is now completely underground. Foot paths are now paved with stone blocks and all pitch roads renovated. Compactor stations and new pay-and-use toilet has been set up in this ward. Parks for children has been renovated.

Ward No 96 Candidate: Malay (Debabrata) Majumder

Graffiti campaign at Ward No 96

The Ward lies bounded by the Jadavpur Central Road in the north, Raipur Road in the south, Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick Road in the east and Jadavpur Central Road in the west.

Padayatra in Ward No 96

The Ward consist parts of Bijoygarh, Baghajatin and the 8B bus stand area. Under the Trinamool Board, during the last five years, beatification has been a major initiative. Priority was given to supply of drinking water in the ward. The residents have experienced very quick repair of any roads that has been damaged.

Ward No 110 Candidate: Arup Chakraborty

Banner campaign at Ward No 110

The Ward lies bounded by the Link Road connecting Raja Subodh Mullick Road and Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the north, Tolly’s Nullah and Southern boundary off Briji Mauza in the south, Eastern Railway tracks in the east and Raja Subodh Mullick Road and Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the west.

Road show at Ward No 110

The campaigning in this Ward in mainly based on providing water supply. Measures taken by the present councilor have not been proved to be effective to supply drinking water in this ward. There are problems related to hawker, development of Briji area and piling up of construction materials on the roads, thus leading to accidents. The people of the ward will seek for change and elect the Trinamool candidate.

KMC Election 2015 Campaign: Kasba, Ballygunge and Lake areas

Posted on April 13, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Members of AITC Digital Desk tool a sneak peek at the campaigns for the Kolkata Municipal Election, 2015, by All Indian Trinamool Congress at Ward Nos 67, 68, 85, 86, 87, 90 and 107 within Boroughs VII, VIII and XII.

Campaign by Trinamool Congress in these areas has been based on the numerous developmental works including beautification of the areas.
Ward No 67 Candidate: Bijan Mukherjee

Banner campaign of Bijan Mukherjee at Ward no 67

The Ward lies bounded by the Picnic Garden Road in the north, Banku Behari Chatterjee Road and Rajkrishna Chatterjee Road in the south, Rajkrishna Chatterjee Road and a line drawn on the eastern edge of Kasba Mauza and of Laskarhat Mauza in the east and Eastern Railway tracks in the west.

Graffiti campaign of Bijan Mukherjee at Ward no 67

The campaigning in this Ward in mainly based on providing water supply, garbage removal, anti-mosquito measures and slum de3velopment. Measures taken by the present councilor have not been proved to be effective, so the people of the ward will seek for change and elect the Trinamool candidate.

Ward No 68 Candidate: Sudharshana Mukherjee

Road show of Sudharshana Mukherjee at Ward No 68

The Ward lies bounded by the Bondel Road in the north, Ballygunge Station Road, Fern Road and Kankulia Road in the south, Eastern Railway tracks and Kankulia Road in the east and Gariahat Road and Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue in the west.

Graffiti campaign of Sudharshana Mukherjee at Ward No 68

Gariahat and adjoining areas have seen rapid development in this Ward. From public urinals to compactor stations, well lit-up roads to water supply, utilities have been provided to the satisfaction of the citizens in this Ward.

Compactor Station at Ward No 68

The Gariahat market and the roads adjoining Bijan Setu are now clean and devoid of bad odours.

Ward No 85 Candidate: Debasish Kumar

Banner campaign of Debashis Kumar at Ward No 85

The Ward lies bounded by the Hazra Road and Dover Lane in the north, Rashbehari Avenue in the south, Garcha 1st Lane, Dover Terrace connecting Garcha 1st Lane, Dover Lane and Ramani Chatterjee Road in the east and Sarat Bose Road in the west.

Renovated Triangular Park in Borough VIII

One of the best maintained wards in south Kolkata, the ward has all the necessary civic facilities in place. Proper water supply, well lit-up roads, public urinals, parks for children and cleanliness all over.

Cleaning Kolkata is on even during the mid-day in Borough VIII

This ward houses Trinagular Park (Sarat Udyan) and Deshapriya Park, both of which are not attractions of south Kolkata.

Ward No 86 Candidate: Suma Naskar

Banner campaign of Suma Naskar at Ward No 86

The Ward lies bounded by the Hazra Road and Rashbehari Avenue in the north, Dover Lane and Dr. Meghnad Saha Sarani in the south, Gariahat Road in the east and Lake View Road, Ramani Chatterjee Road, Dover Lane Terrace Connecting Dover Lane and Garcha 1st Lane in the west.

Kiosk supplying cold water at Ward No 86

The area around Garcha and Dover Road has seen tremendous works under Trinamool Congress. The areas are cleaned at regular intervals, trees planted and maintained, water supply is steady and other civic utilities are in place and accessible.

This ward is green and has utilities like kiosks supplying cold water to the citizens at junctures.

Ward No 87 Candidate: Tanima Chatterjee

Banner campaign of Tanima Chatterjee at Ward No 86

The Ward lies bounded by the Rashbehari Avenue in the north, Eastern Railway tracks in the south, Sarat Bose Road and Baroj Road in the east and Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road in the west.

Door-to-door campaign of Tanima Chatterjee at Ward No 87

Ward 87 is a model ward that houses half of the Rabindra Sarobar area. Public urinals, street side gardens, boulevard gardens, children’s’ park, water supply, cleanliness, this ward can boast of all necessities being provided.

Statues, High Masts at Ward No 87

Tanima di, the present councilor and the AITC candidate is always accessible. She visits the ward every day, takes stock of anything that arises and tries to solve them on spot. When asked what was the next level of development for a ward that have it all, she said that she will continue providing what she has been doing with equal vigour. She also has some plans for the street dwellers and their rehabilitation.

Ward No 90 Candidate: Baiswanar Chatterjee

Banner campaign of Baiswanar Chatterjee at Ward No 90

The Ward lies bounded by the Rashbehari Avenue, Dr. Meghnad Saha Sarani, Kankulia Road, Fern Road and Ballygunge Station Road in the north, Eastern Railway tracks in the south, Eastern Railway tracks and Lake View Road in the east and Kankulia Road, Boroj Road and Sarat Bose Road in the west.

Street-corner campaign meeting at Ward No 90

Ward 90 houses the other half of Rabindra Sarobar. This Ward is the pride of south Kolkata. Rabindra Sarobar, decades back, was avoided for its notoriousness. After Trinamool came in charge of the ward, measures were taken to make this place beautiful and safe.

Greenery maintained at Ward No 90

The last five years saw tremendous works going on in this area, transforming Rabindra Sarobar from hell to heaven. One can see policemen keeping vigil inside Rabindra Sarobar at late evenings, as late as 10 PM. Now, evening walks are possible here without any threat to public safety.

Ward No 107 Candidate: Sushanta Ghosh

Graffiti campaign at Ward No 107

The Ward lies bounded by the northern boundary of Nonadanga mauza and Rajdanga Road in the north, Haltu Main Road, Kayasthapara Main Road, P. Mazumder Road, and the Canal in the south, Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the east and Kasba Road, a Pucca Road and a line Drawn on the eastern edge of Kasba Mauza and Laskarhat Mauza and Nonadanga Mauza in the west.

Sushanta Ghosh at campaign office in Ward No 107

Kasba, under Sushanta Ghosh has seen tremendous upliftment in Ward No 107. Our main achievement in the last five years have been successfully supplying water to all the people of this ward, said Sushanta da, while working out the last minute campaign plans in his ward office. Our plan for the next five years is to provide the daily needed civic service to all the people without any interruption and serve them, he said.

Compactor station at Ward No 107

Besides water supply, this part of Kasba is now cleaner and greener with compactor stations, well maintained public washrooms in place.

Roads decorated with AITC colours at Ward No 107

KMC Election 2015 Campaign: East Kolkata

Posted on April 10, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Members of AITC Digital Desk tool a sneak peek at the campaigns for the Kolkata Municipal Election, 2015, by All Indian Trinamool Congress at Ward Nos 30, 31, 32, 33 and 57 within Borough III and IIV.

Campaign by Trinamool Congress in these areas has been based on the numerous developmental works including beautification of the areas.

Ward No 30 Candidate: Papiya Ghosh

Graffiti at Ward No 30

The Ward lies bounded by the Satin Sen Sarani, Upendra Chandra Banerjee Road, Sastitala Road and Narikeldanga North Road in the north, Dhyan Debi Khanna Road and Motilal sen Lane in the south, C.I.T. Road and Upendra Banerjee Road in the east and Sastitala Road, Motilal Sen Lane and Narikeldanga North Road in the west.

Kshanikaloy, the community halls set up by KMC at Ward No 30

Ward No 30 consists a major part of the Phoolbagan area. It houses the Maniktala Chest Clinic run by the KMC. It also houses Kshanikaloy, one of the many community halls set up by KMC during the last five years. A lot of work has been done in this ward regardind slum development. Modern washrooms for women has been set up in slums, vocational education centre for under privileged women created in the ward, water bodies have been renovated and a walk space named Bhramar Kunja built for the morning walkers. 10 High Masts have been set up in the ward.

Ward No 31 Candidate: Sunanda Guha

Graffiti at Ward No 31

The Ward lies bounded by Satin Sen Sarani in the north, Narikeldanga Main Road and C.I.T. Road and Upendra Ch. Banerjee Road in the south, the New Canal in the east and the C.I.T. Road and Upendra Chandra Banerjee Road in the west.

Kiosks supplying cold water in Ward No 31

Ward no 31 has seen tremendous development in the past five years. From High Masts at Narkeldanga Main Road to public washrooms, kiosks supplying cold water in summer, there are signs of some work or the other at every corner.

KMC public toilet at Ward No 31

Corporation schools have been renovated and modernized. Modern bus stands have been created. New washrooms for public has automatically created cleaner atmosphere.

Ward No 32 Candidate: Shantiranjan Kundu

Graffiti at Ward No 32

The Ward lies bounded by the Crossing of Eastern Railway and the New Canal filled up, Bidhan Nagar Road and Bagmari Road in the north, Barin Ghose Sarani and Satin Sen Sarani in the south, the New Canal in the east and Ram Kanta Sen Lane the Eastern Railway & Bagmari Road in the west.

Banner campaign for AITC candidate, Ward No 32

Ward No 32 which consists the area around Kankurgachi will seek for a change of their councilor. Repeated requests regarding shortage of water supply, water logging during monsoon, irregular clearance of garbage, improper anti-mosquito measures have created a furor among the citizens living in this Ward. The young energetic candidate from AITC will definitely create a mark in this Ward.

Ward No 33 Candidate: Pabitra Biswas

Graffiti at Ward No 33

The Ward lies bounded by the Narikeldanga Main Road in the north, Beliaghata Canal and Hem Chandra Naskar Road in the south, the New Canal in the east and the Gagan Sarkar Road and Hem Chandra Naskar Road in the west.

Campaign on auto rickshaw at Beleghata, east Kolkata

The campaigning in this Ward in mainly based on providing water supply, garbage removal, anti-mosquito measures. Measures taken by the present councilor have not been proved to be effective, so the people of the ward will seek for change and elect the Trinamool candidate.

Ward No 57 Candidate: Jiban Kumar Saha

Banner campaign for AITC candidate, Ward No 57

The Ward lies bounded by the Beliaghata Road and Beliaghata Canal in the north, Guriapara Road, Debendra Chandra Dey Road and Sewage outlet up to it meets with the New Canal in the south, the Circular Canal and New Canal in the east and the Beliaghata Road and Palmer Bazar Road in the west.

Dhapa Lock Drainage Pumping Station at Canal South Road, Ward No 57

Ward No 57 in east Kolkata has seen tremendous development in the past five years. Under the scheme, Basic Services to Urban Poor, under JNNURM 25 building blocks, each of 5 stories are being constructed at 33A, 33B and 33C Canal South Road under this Ward. Urban solid waste management projects in the slums of this Ward have also been taken up. The newly installed Pump of Dhapa Lock Drainage Pumping Station at Canal South Road has also started functioning.