Tehsil municipal administration

A Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) is an organization associated with each Tehsil of Pakistan. TMAs are responsible for spatial planning and municipal services, and work closely with union councils. ^[1]

Responsibilities

Key functions of a TMA include:

• Monitoring and supervising the performances of government offices and reporting to the district government
• Spatial planning
• Executing and managing development plans
• Controlling land development
• Enforcing laws, rules, and bye-laws
• Maintaining databases and information systems
• Collecting taxes, fines, and penalties
• Organizing recreational events
• Coordinating between village and neighborhood councils
• Regulating markets
• Developing and managing schemes in collaboration with the district government
• Creating strategies for developing infrastructure, improving service delivery, and implementing laws
• Preparing and presenting reports on tehsil administration performance
• Calling for reports from tehsil-based offices of government ^[2]

By region

• TMAs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa must be carried out in accordance with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013. ^[2]

See also

• Tehsildar

References

1. Shafqat, Adila (2011). "The role of the municipality in waste water management in Bahawalpur city". Management of Environmental Quality. 22 (3): 282–291. doi:10.1108/14777831111122879.
2. "Tehsil and Town Municipal Administration". Local Government Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 2018-04-25.