Kolkata Feb 18 PTI TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday formed a new officer bearers committee reappointing her nephew Abhishek Banerjee as the partys national general secretary and veteran leader Yashwant Sinha as its vice-presidentSenior TMC leaders Subrata Bakshi and Chandrima Bhattacharya too have also been given the post of national vice-presidentsAmong others TMC minister Aroop Biswas has been made the treasurer and Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim the in-charge of coordinationBanerjee had last week dissolved the erstwhile national office bearers committee and the portfolios that came with it amid a growing internal strife between the old guard and the young leaders She then formed a 20-member working committee packed with party veteransMeanwhile Abhisheks reappointment was seen by political observers as a confirmation that he was the heir-apparent in the partyThe TMC boss also seemed to have mollified old-timers by giving them plum posts in the organisation thus stifling the growing clamour for one party one post by some of the the younger leaders in the party PTI PNT RMS RMS
Kolkata Jan 28 PTI The Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC will be suspending disbursement of pension for a section of retired employees from next month primarily due to severe financial crisis According to a notification issued by the KMC the civic body has decided to withhold pension of those who have superannuated last September and thereafter Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim however said he was not aware of any such notification and no such measure was being taken Payments of pension and other benefits to the retired employees who have superannuated in September 2021 and after that are not being released currently due to crisis of funds the notification maintained Sources in the KMC said that the decision was taken as the civic bodys revenue generation has been badly hit owing to the COVID-19 pandemic We had to take this decision as KMCs revenue generation has been hit hard due to the pandemic We will review the situation soon and take a further call on the matter in some time a top official of the civic body said Mayor Firhad Hakim however said that he wasnt aware of any such notice and an investigation would be carried out to find out who put up the notice Those supposed to get pension are getting them Some are in the process of getting it might take some time It is being investigated who gave this notice We have a burden on us but that doesnt mean that pension will be stopped Hakim said Incidentally Hakim on the day of taking oath as the city mayor had admitted that the civic body has a debt burden of around Rs 600 crore PTI SCH RMS RMS
Kolkata Dec 31 PTI With the number of fresh Covid-19 infections increasing Kolkata Municipal Corporation will mark out 17 containment zones in different parts of the city Mayor Firhad Hakim said FridayHakim told reporters with over 1000 people reporting Covid positive in the metropolis the civic body will also make Safe Homes set up during the first Coranavirus pandemic wave operational again for people who could not self-isolate themselves as they either lived alone with no care-giver or had too little living spaceHe said 80 per cent of the covid positive cases were asymptomatic 17 per cent had mild symptoms while 3 per cent need hospitalisation according to an analysis of date done by KMC and health expertsSpeaking of the criteria for setting up containment zones Hakim said in case at least five members of a family of a housing or in a house were infected their flat or house would be declared a micro-containment zoneThe entire structure will be sanitized and those infected by Covid will have to go through another test after five daysThese days Covid viral load may decline significantly for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic persons within a week In case the infected person is reported Covid negative he can resume normal life after a few days rest he added PTI SUS JRC JRC
Kolkata Dec 28 PTI Senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim took oath as the Mayor of Kolkata on Tuesday promising to provide better civic services and ensure the citys overall development Hakim was administered the oath of office by pro-tem chairman Ram Pyare Ram at a function at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC headquarters on S N Banerjee Road My goal is to ensure that Kolkata becomes the best city I will work as its pradhan sevak main servant We promise to provide better civic services and ensure the overall development of the city he said after taking charge for the second term He is the 39th mayor of the 145-year-old KMC a position once graced by nationalist leaders like Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Bidhan Chandra Ray who was later the chief minister of the state Hakim also transport and housing minister in the Mamata Banerjee government is the first Muslim Mayor of Kolkata since Independence He was first appointed the Mayor of Kolkata in December 2018 after Sovan Chatterjees abrupt exit He was appointed the civic bodys administrator after the earlier boards term expired in May 2020 but elections could not be held due to the pandemic Along with Hakim Atin Ghosh took oath as the deputy mayor and Mala Roy as the KMC chairperson The members of the mayor-in-council were also sworn-in Hakim said the KMC will soon develop a Show Your Mayor system through which any citizen of the city can take a video of any civic related issue like poor road conditions waterlogging and Whatsapp it to a helpline number for the problem to be addressed at the earliest The citizens can take pictures or videos and can Whatsapp it to the helpline number Those videos will come on the screens in my chamber The issues will be addressed at the earliest he said The KMC already has a mechanism - Talk to Mayor once a week where citizens can directly speak to the incumbent about civic issues On tackling the problem of environmental problems and worsening air quality he said steps will be taken to ensure more greenery and fogging systems in areas where there id high probability of air pollution He also said all taxation and building clearance services will go online TMC won the KMC elections by clinching 134 of the total 144 wards The BJP managed to win just three wards Congress and CPIM-led Left Front bagged two each Three Independents won too The TMC has been in power in the civic body since 2010 Hakim is the first Muslim Mayor of Kolkata since Independence PTI PNT KK KK KK
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 24 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday took a jibe at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for appointing party leader Firhad Hakim as the new mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and said that he has ruined the city.
Kolkata Dec 23 PTI Senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim is all set to become the citys next Mayor and Kolkata Municipal Corporations performance will be reviewed every six moths Hakim was elected the leader of the newly-elected TMC councillors of its civic body on Thursday He will take oath as Mayor next week officials said after the meeting of the elected TMC councillors Hakim who holds the transport and housing portfolios in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet will be the 39th mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC He is the first mayor of the city from the Muslim community since Independence Hakim served in the post from December 2018 after Sovan Chatterjees abrupt exit and was in the post till May 2020 He was appointed the civic bodys administrator after the earlier boards term expired and election to the civic body could not be held due to the pandemic Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said at the meeting that KMCs performance will be reviewed every six months and action will be taken against those who are found to be lacking in their performance Hakim who is considered as one of the trusted lieutanants of Mamata Banerjee had won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC poll from ward 82 and is an MLA from the Kolkata Port assembly seat I want to thank Mamata Banerjee for giving me this opportunity to serve the people of Kolkata again After taking oath as Mayor I will work towards implementing the TMC manifesto he said South Kolkata Lok Sabha MP Mala Roy who was re-elected as councillor from ward 88 was named the chairperson of KMC She was chairperson of the civic body in the earlier term as well Kashipur-Belgachia MLA Atin Ghosh who became the councillor from ward 11 was re-elected the deputy mayor of the civic body All the names were announced by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a meeting of the TMC here She also announced the names of 13 mayors-in-council In line with the partys policy of empowerment of women in politics the TMC supremo made women councillors chairmen in nine out of the citys 16 boroughs The KMC which is divided into 144 administrative wards is grouped into 16 boroughs Banerjee said No one should think that we have won and we can sit idle now There is no place for complacency and arrogance That wont be tolerated everybody has to work diligently KMCs performance will be reviewed every six months and action will be taken against those who are found to be non-performers both by the party and the administration She said TMC will not induct independents as it will be unjust for the leaders and workers of the respective wards She lauded the State Election Commission and police for conducting a peaceful election All the 134 newly-elected councillors of TMC were present in the meeting BJP has won only three wards while the Left Front and Congress have bagged two each in the KMC election held on Sunday Three Independent candidates were among the winners of the city civic poll The results were declared on Tuesday Reacting to Hakim being the next mayor of Kolkata the BJP wondered whether civic services will improve under him The way the KMC election was held we are hardly interested in who becomes mayor But we wonder whether it will improve in any degree the civic services in future BJP leader Shamik Bhattacharya said Echoing him CPI M leader Sujan Chakraborty said that polls hardly reflect the peoples mandate The TMC may elect anybody as mayor or deputy mayor But the way polls were conducted didnt reflect the peoples mandate The kind of violence that was unleashed and the way that votes were looted were unprecedented he added The TMC has been in power in KMC since 2010 In the last KMC poll in 2015 the party had won 124 seats and the LF 13 The BJP and the Congress had secured five and two seats respectively In the 145-year-old history of Kolkata Municipal Corporation nationalist leaders like Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Bidhan Chandra Roy also a former chief minister graced the Mayors chair in pre-Independent India Hakim is the first Muslim Mayor since independence PTI PNT KK KK KK
Kolkata Dec 23 PTI Senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim is all set to become the next mayor of the city after being elected the leader of the newly-elected councillors of its civic body on Thursday He will take oath next week and will be the first mayor from the Muslim community since Independence Hakim who holds the transport and housing portfolios in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet will be the 39th mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that KMCs performance will be reviewed every six months and action will be taken against those who are found to be non-performing Hakim had served as city mayor from December 2018 after Sovan Chatterjees abrupt exit and was in the post till May 2020 He was appointed the civic bodys administrator after the earlier boards term expired and election to the civic body could not be held due to the pandemic He had won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC poll from ward 82 and is an MLA from the Kolkata Port assembly seat I want to thank Mamata Banerjee for giving me this opportunity to serve the people of Kolkata again After taking oath as Mayor I will work towards implementing the TMC manifesto he said South Kolkata Lok Sabha MP Mala Roy who was re-elected as councillor from ward 88 was named the chairperson of KMC She was chairperson of the civic body in the earlier term as well Kashipur-Belgachia MLA Atin Ghosh who became the councillor from ward 11 was re-elected the deputy mayor of the civic body All the names were announced by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a meeting of the TMC here She also announced the names of 13 mayors-in-council In line with the partys policy of empowerment of women in politics the TMC supremo made women councillors chairmen in nine out of the citys 16 boroughs The KMC which is divided into 144 administrative wards is grouped into 16 boroughs Banerjee told the meeting that she will review the performance of KMC every six months No one should think that we have won and we can sit idle now That wont be tolerated everybody has to work diligently There is no place for complacency and arrogance KMCs performance will be reviewed every six months and action will be taken against those who are found to be non-performing both by the party and the administration she said Banerjee said TMC will not induct independents as it would be unjust for the leaders and workers of the respective wards She lauded the State Election Commission and police for conducting peaceful election All the 134 newly-elected councillors of TMC were present in the meeting BJP has won only three wards while the Left Front and Congress have bagged two each in the election held on Sunday Three Independent candidates also city civic poll The results were declared on Tuesday The TMC has been in power in KMC since 2010 In the last KMC polls in 2015 it had won 124 seats and the LF 13 The BJP and the Congress had secured five and two seats respectively In the 145-year history of Kolkata Municipal Corporation nationalist leaders like Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Bidhan Chandra Roy also a former chief minister graced the mayors chair in pre-Independent India PTI PNT KK KK KK
Kolkata Dec 23 PTI The Trinamool Congress on Thursday named minister Firhad Hakim as the next mayor of Kolkata after a meeting of the newly-elected councillors of the city civic bodyHakim who won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC election from ward 82 is the former mayor of the city and was appointed the civic bodys administrator after the earlier boards term expired in 2020 but elections could not be held due to the pandemicHakim who is also an MLA from the Kolkata Port assembly segment holds the Transport and Housing portfolios in the state Cabinet I want to thank Mamata Banerjee for giving me this opportunity to serve the people of Kolkata again I have been appointed as the leader of the party and after taking oath as mayor I will work towards implementing the manifesto Hakim the first Muslim mayor of the city saidHe became the mayor of Kolkata in December 2018 after Sovan Chatterjees abrupt exitSouth Kolkata Lok Sabha MP Mala Roy re-elected as councillor from ward 88 was named the chairperson of the KMC after the meeting held at Maharashtra Niwas here She was chairperson of the civic body in the earlier term as wellKashipur-Belgachia MLA Atin Ghosh who became the councillor from ward 11 was again appointed the deputy mayor of the civic bodyAll the 134 newly-elected councillors of the 144-ward KMC were present in the meetingThe BJP won three wards while the Left Front and Congress won two each in the elections held on Sunday Three Independent candidates also won the electionsThe results were declared on Tuesday PTI PNT SOM SOM
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