The West Bengal Assembly today passed the West Bengal Municipal amendment bill, 2017, which empowers executive officers of urban local bodies to shoulder additional responsibilities in order to provide better civic services.
The bill seeks to empower the executive officers of urban local bodies in discharging their functions towards better civic administration.
On being asked if the bill gives more powers to the executive officers than the elected representatives, state Municipal affairs minister Firhad Hakim explained that the amendement would enable the executive officers to share the work load of elected representatives like the chairman of a municipality or a councillor.
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