Tambaram Municipal Corporation

Tambaram City Municipal Corporation is the civic body administering Tambaram and the other southern suburbs of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Chengalpattu district. Formerly the Tambaram municipality, the corporation was announced on 24 August 2021, and established on 3 November 2021,[3][4] by annexing various neighbouring local bodies south of Chennai in Chengalpattu district, such as the municipalities of Pallavaram, Pammal, Sembakkam and Anakaputhur, and town and census town panchayats of Thiruneermalai, Madambakkam, Chitlapakkam, Perungalathur, and Peerkankaranai, with Tambaram.[5] It is one of the three municipal corporations within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the other two being the Greater Chennai Corporation and Avadi Corporation.[6][7]

Tambaram Corporation
Type
Type
Established03 November 2021[1]
Leadership
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Corporation Commissioner
M. Elangovan[2]
Rahul Nadh, IAS, Chengalpet Collector
Zones
4
Wards
66
Area
87.64 sq.km
Website
Tambaram City Municipal Corporation

Zones

Tambaram Corporation becomes 20th municipal corporation[8][9] for state of Tamilnadu and will have 4 zones, namely, Tambaram, Pallavaram, Pammal, and Sembakkam,[10] and estimated to have a total of 66 wards. Each of the zone will have 16 wards.[11] It will include the town panchayats of Peerkangaranai, Madambakkam, Chitlapakkam, Perungaluthur, and Tiruneermalai.

Tambaram Municipal Corporation earns ₹ 3000 million revenue approximately through local bodies connected to it.[12]

Factors driving Tambaram Municipal Corporation

The following factors drove creation of Tambaram Municipal Corporation:[8][13]

  • Increasing Population.
  • Rapid Urbanisation.
  • Town planning need.
  • Improved Administration Structure.
  • Human Resource or man power planning.
  • Street Lights installation.
  • Water supply management.
  • Sewarage Planning.
  • Solid waste management.
  • Roads Layout.

References
  1. "Gazette notification on Tambaram Municipal Corporation". The Hindu. 5 November 2021.
  2. "தாம்பரம் மாநகராட்சிக்கு முதல் கமிஷனர் நியமனம்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). Chennai. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. "Gazette notification on Tambaram Municipal Corporation". The Hindu. 5 November 2021.
  4. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/article37338991.ece/BINARY/gazette.pdf
  5. "Tambaram, Kancheepuram to become Municipal Corporations". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 24 August 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 August 2021.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2019/303_Ex_IV_1.pdf
  7. Mar 26, Yogesh Kabirdoss / TNN /; 2017; Ist, 07:00. "Pallavaram, Tambaram, Avadi to be corporations | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. "Tambaram becomes the 20th municipal corporation of Tamil Nadu, Ordinance promulgated". The New Indian Express. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  9. Lopez, Aloysius Xavier (30 August 2021). "Tambaram Corporation takes shape amidst great expectations". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  10. "தாம்பரம் மாநகராட்சியில் 4 மண்டலம் அமைக்கும் பணி தீவிரம்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  11. "தாம்பரம் மாநகராட்சியில் 4 மண்டலம் அமைக்கும் பணி தீவிரம்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  12. Ayyappan, V. (25 September 2021). "Tamil Nadu: It's going to take more than a name change to make Tambaram a corporation | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  13. "Tambaram, Chennai's southern gateway, now a municipal corporation". The News Minute. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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