KMC appoints 5 chief managers, 15 managers in boroughs

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.