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.
In the present system, vehicles parked without a sticker within the authorized limits of the civic body at night are clamped by the KMC staff and the owners have to pay fines.
The move is aimed at enabling the councillors to carry out developmental works without getting obstructed due to fund constraints.
Councillors of both, the ruling party and the Opposition, asserted ways that could add to the income of the municipal corporation and help it stay afloat during financial burdens.
The Roads Department of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation completed the resurfacing of around 70 kilometres of roads in the year 2023.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, battling fund crunch, is anticipating some breather in the forthcoming financial year.
