TN: Assembly passes for upgrading two Municipal Corporations

Municipal Administration Minister, Mr. K P Munusamy introduced two Bills seeking to upgrade Thanjavur and Dindigul municipalities into municipal corporations.

Municipal Corporations in Tamil Nadu:-

#	Municipal Corporation	Administrative Zones	No of wards
01	Chennai	15	200
02	Coimbatore	5	100
03	Madurai	4	100
04	Tiruchirappalli	4	65
05	Salem	4	60
06	Tirunelveli	4	55
07	Tiruppur	4	60
08	Erode	4	60
09	Vellore	4	60
10	Thoothukudi	4	60

Municipal Corporations in India are urban local government that works for the development of a Metropolitan City, which has a population of more than one million. The growing population and urbanization in various cities of India were in need of a local governing body that can work for providing necessary community services like health care, educational institution, housing, transport etc. by collecting property tax and fixed grant from the State Government. Each Municipal Corporation has a committee consisting of a Mayor with Councillors. They are formed under the Corporations Act of 1835 of Panchayati Raj system which mainly deals in providing essential services in Metropolitan Cities. The no. of councillors are depend upon the area and population of the city that minimum of 3,00,000. Municipal Corporation members are elected from the several wards of the specific city on the basis of adult franchise for a term of five years. There are seats reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, backward classes and women. The Councillors has chosen by direct election from electoral wards in the Municipal Corporation.