KMC to start dental screening at its health centres
Citizens of Kolkata could soon get oral check-up done in their wards for free. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is mulling a plan to start dental screening at its health centres soon.
Citizens of Kolkata could soon get oral check-up done in their wards for free. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is mulling a plan to start dental screening at its health centres soon.
Mayor Firhad Hakim and the councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation are soon to hit the ground scrutinising the voters’ list in various wards of the KMC.
Exploring options of increased income, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is now putting efforts to expand revenue generation from advertisements. With addition of street hoardings from Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, the department is eyeing for doubling its revenue in the next fiscal.
Close on the heels of the controversy over Vishwakarma Puja holiday in Hindi medium schools run by the civic body, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation issued a show-cause notice to its education manager seeking explanation.
Gripped under fund constraints, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is now focusing on bringing more and more not assessed properties into the spectrum of assessed properties as one of the ways of maximising its revenue collection.
Kolkata is in a better situation this year till now as far as dengue infections are concerned, informed the mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Firhad Hakim, today.
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority would now be responsible for the upkeep of a part of Mahananda river.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is considering plans to penalize the housing societies and residential complexes against dumping of solid waste into canals randomly.
After encroachment by hawkers in city’s markets the state government is now gearing up for a similar crackdown on both sides of canals.
The study attributes this alarming trend to rapid urbanization marked by an increase in high-rise buildings and population density, coupled with a concerning decline in greenery.
