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 Nov 25 PTI The Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC polls will be held on December 19 a notification issued by the State Election Commission SEC on Thursday said The counting of votes polled in the 144 wards of the civic body will be held on December 21 it said The KMC elections will be held on December 19 and the counting will take place on December 21 From today onwards the Model Code of Conduct is implemented We have issued the notification State Election Commissioner Saurav Das said PTI PNT ACD ACD