At a meeting, chaired by urban development minister Firhad Hakim, it was decided that the Howrah Municipal Corporation will transport the solid waste to dumping grounds in Kolkata and Baidyabati.
Going stricter with measures to curb illegal constrictions, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has now decided to take action against the building department officials or even sub-assistant engineers found inactive against such complaints highlighted during the Talk to Mayor programme.
Exploring options of increased income, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is now putting efforts to expand revenue generation from advertisements. With addition of street hoardings from Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, the department is eyeing for doubling its revenue in the next fiscal.
Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Firhad Hakim tabled the annual Budget today with the civic body. He is looking forward to spending over Rs 458 crore more in the next fiscal as compared to last year’s estimated Budget.
Mayor Firhad Hakim has announced that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will provide adequate compensation to those who lost their homes in the devastating fire that ravaged a slum area in Narkeldanga.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) mayor Firhad Hakim refuted the claims of regularising an ‘illegally constructed floor’ of a building owned by the councillor of ward 109 in Santoshpur.
Assuring all help to the residents of the tilted building at Baghajatin, mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Firhad Hakim alleged that disaster had been brought by usage of wrong methodology for lifting the building.
Mayor Firhad Hakim today inaugurated the renovated Chetla Boys' School, where along with Bengali, English medium has also been introduced.
State minister and Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim, who has come under attack from the BJP for his purported remarks about Muslims eventually becoming a ‘majority’, on Sunday asserted his strong belief in secular and patriotic values.
The veteran politician has also raised questions in connection with the incident at R G Kar Hospital.
