The Statesman 21.05.2013
KMC appoints 5 chief managers, 15 managers in boroughs
In a meeting chaired by mayor Sovan Chatterjee, the mayor-in-council members had cleared the proposal on 18 April. The matter will be placed before the councillors on 23 May for final approval. With the Trinamul Congress having 98 councilors, the civic board will not encounter any problem in getting the proposal through.
Right since its inception in the British era, the KMC have always had boroughs under the supervision of executive engineers as the British government thought engineers would be necessary for development works.
But with the passage of time several social welfare projects were taken up and for the effective implementation and coordination among various departments managers are deemed necessary.
The city has been divided into five wings and each wing will be under a chief manager. Borough I, II and III will be under zone 1. Under zones II and II will be six boroughs ~ IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX. The remaining six boroughs will be under zones IV and V.
The chief manager will supervise the general and engineering wings and would also look after the inter-borough coordination besides overseeing the maintenance of community halls under the civic body KMC and works under social sector. He would also address the grievances of the residents.
All the matters concerning employees like ~ application for loans and advances, permission for higher studies, confirmation of employees etc ~ would be looked after by the managers.
Senior civic officials are of the opinion that this system will improve efficiency as the engineers would be relieved from administrative works and instead concentrate on all types of civil and maintenance works, works related to MP LAD, organising fairs and festivals, projects under PPP model and controlling 100-days work.
