West Bengal Government is in the process of setting up 22 new municipalities in the state.The new municipalities will come up at Tehatta, Chanchal, Canning, Falakata, Kakdwip, Belda, Khatra, Gazole, Buniyadpur, Bally West, Andul, Domjur, Bagnan, Bakshirhat, Thakurnagar, Amta, Kolaghat-Mecheda, Amtala, Domkal, Tarapith and Mollarpur. In addition to this, discussion is currently going on to set up the 22nd municipality at Maynaguri.
The Municipal Affairs Minister, Firhad Hakim, said that this would be done to decentralise administration through local bodies and speed up the pace of development programmes across the state.
Mr Hakim said that the state government had already approved constitution of four new municipal corporations in the districts of North and South 24-Parganas.
The government also sanctioned inclusion of a few municipalities and adjoining areas into three existing municipal corporations.
A municipal corporation with a mega-city population of at least ten lakh would help the state government get funds from various sources including central schemes for effective local administration.On May 26, Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee after a cabinet meeting had referred to the creation of four new municipal corporations.
The Municipal Affairs Minister, Firhad Hakim, said that this would be done to decentralise administration through local bodies and speed up the pace of development programmes across the state.
Mr Hakim said that the state government had already approved constitution of four new municipal corporations in the districts of North and South 24-Parganas.
The government also sanctioned inclusion of a few municipalities and adjoining areas into three existing municipal corporations.
A municipal corporation with a mega-city population of at least ten lakh would help the state government get funds from various sources including central schemes for effective local administration.On May 26, Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee after a cabinet meeting had referred to the creation of four new municipal corporations.
