Corporation status for Tambaram, five more municipalities

Corporation status for Tambaram, five more municipalities

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:25.08.2021

Six municipalities in Tamil Nadu — Tambaram, Kancheepuram, Kumbakonam, Karur, Cuddalore and Sivakasi — would soon be upgraded into corporations by merging adjoining areas with them, said minister for municipal administration K N Nehru in the assembly on Tuesday.

The move would increase the number of municipal corporations in the state from 15 to 21, help address infrastructure imbalance in areas adjoining urban local bodies and improve the living condition of people, officials said.

Tambaram would be upgraded into a corporation by merging Pallavaram, Sembakkam, Pammal and Anakaputhur municipalities and nearby areas, the minister said while replying to the debate on demand for grants for the municipal administration department. Nehru also announced that Trichy, Nagercoil, Thanjavur and Hosur corporations and Chengalpet, Poonamallee and Mannarkudi municipalities would be expanded by merging nearby developed areas with them.

₹300cr for parks & waterbodies in TN

Waterbodies and parks in urban local bodies across TN will be restored and amenities will be upgraded at a cost of ₹300 crore. The government would also roll out wage employment programme for urban poor in Chennai at a cost of ₹100 crore.

Govt decision will improve infrastructure

The elected members of the local bodies in the territories falling under the new corporations, expanded corporations and expanded municipalities would continue in posts till the next local body elections.

He announced upgradation of Pallapatti, Thittakudi, Mangadu, Kundrathur, Nandhivaram, Guduvanchery, Ponneri, Thiruninravur, Sholingar, Edanganasalai, Taramangalam, Thirumuruganpoondi, Gudalur, Karamadai, Karumathampatti, Madukkarai, Vadalur, Kottakuppam, Thirukovilur, Ulundurpet, Adirampattinam, Manamadurai, Surandai, Kalakadu, Thiruchendur, Kollankode, Mursiri and Lalgudi town panchayats into municipalities. Pugalur municipality would be created by merging Punjaipugalur and TNPL Pugalur town panchayats. The government’s decision to upgrade and expand the urban local bodies would improve the basic amenities and infrastructure in the region by better mobilisation of land resources and finance. Going by the 2011 census, 75% of the male workers in the expanded areas are in non-agricultural sector — an indication of urbanisation of the area, said an official.