Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation
Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation is the civic body which administers the city of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, India. It consists of a legislative and an executive body. The legislative body is headed by the city mayor while the executive body is headed by a Chief Commissioner.
Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation திருநெல்வேலி மாநகராட்சி | |
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| Type | |
| Type | of the Tirunelveli |
| Leadership | |
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G.kannan | |
Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, IAS | |
| Seats | 55 |
| Meeting place | |
| Office of Tirunelveli Corporation | |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
The former Tirunelveli Municipality was constituted on 1 November 1866 as per the Town Improvements Act of 1865.[1] It initially covered the area of Tirunelveli town and Junction alone while the city limits included the neighbouring municipality of Palayamkottai as well.[1] Tirunelveli was upgraded to a municipal corporation in 1994 along with Tiruchirappalli and Salem.[2]
Structure
For administrative purpose the Tirunelveli corporation is divided into five zones -Thatchanallur Zone, Palayamkottai Zone, Melapalayam Zone,Nellai Town Zone &Pettai Zone
Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation is the first City Corporation in the whole country to introduce segregation of waste during collection itself. Plastics and polythene bags are collected only on Wednesday. If citizens break the rule then they are fined.
References
- Imperial Gazetteer of India. 23. Clarendon Press. 1908. pp. 379–380.
- Palanithurai, Ganapathy (2007). A handbook for panchayati raj administration (Tamil Nadu). Concept Publishing Company. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-8069-340-3.