TMC leader Firhad Hakim resigns as Kolkata mayor
Firhad Hakim is a former state minister and one of the most prominent faces of Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
Firhad Hakim is a former state minister and one of the most prominent faces of Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee gave a nod to Firhad Hakim’s proposal to resign from the mayoral post claimed by TMC leader Kunal Ghosh today.
Aiming to conserve water as much as possible, the sewerage and drainage department of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is mulling over plans to treat drainage water for making it usable in households.
The Bengal government on Tuesday announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of each person who died in the devastating fire at Anandapur in East Kolkata.
Durga Puja clubs in the city would have to mandatorily put up stickers with their names on advertisement hoardings from next year.
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.
