Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation

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Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded5 August 2008;16 years ago (2008-08-05)
Leadership
P. Jegan, DMK
since 4 March 2022
S. Jenitta, DMK
since 4 March 2022
Banoth Mrugender Lal, I.A.S.
since 30 June 2025
Structure
Seats60
2022 TCMC.svg
Political groups
 Government (52)
  •   DMK (46)
  •   INC (3)
  •   CPI (1)
  •   CPI(M) (1)
  •   IUML (1)

Opposition (5)

Others (3)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
19 February 2022
Next election
2027
Motto
வையகம் வாழ வாழ்வோம் (Tamil)
Let's live life to the fullest
Meeting place
Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation Office,
113, Tamizh Salai, Thoothukkudi – 628002.
Website
www.thoothukudicorporation.com

The Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation (abbr.TCMC; Tamil : தூத்துக்குடி மாநகராட்சி, IAST: Tūttukkuṭi mānakarāṭci) is the governing civic body of Thoothukkudi, the sea gate of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 2008). The corporation is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs. The corporation consists of a legislative and an executive body. The corporation consists of a legislative and an executive body, which is headed by the mayor and assisted by a deputy mayor, while the executive body is headed by a commissioner of the corporation. It consists of 60 wards within the city's limits.

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The headquarters of the corporation is located near Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Market at Tamizh Salai, Thoothukkudi.

History

Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation is one of the 21 municipal corporations in the state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukkudi was constituted as a municipality as per the Town Improvement Act of 1865 on 1 November 1866. [1] It upgraded the status of municipal corporation on 5 August 2008 after 142 years of being a municipality in view of rapid increase in population and extension of administrative boundaries.

The jurisdiction of Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation has been extended in May 2011, to include the areas of the city Corporation, 3 Municipalities, 17 Town Panchayats and 11 Village Panchayats located around the corporation. Consequent to this extension, the total area of the corporation has increased considerably from 13.47 km2. to 90.66 km2. and the numbers of the wards have increased from 51 to 60. The extended Municipal Corporation had a population of 3,72,408 as per 2011 census.

Linkages and connectivity

It is served by three main roads which radiate to Tiruchendur, Tirunelveli and Madurai. The town is also well connected by two National Highways: NH-138 to Tirunelveli, which it turn connects to NH-44 (Kanniyakumari to Srinagar) and NH-38 to Madurai, the temple-city of Tamil Nadu. The town is also linked with Gulf of Mannar bay.

The town is well connected by rail to other parts of the country with linkage to the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority. The total length of national highways covered in this corporation is 21 km (13 mi) and the length of state highways is about 31.73 km (19.72 mi).

Topography

The town is located at the longitude 78°13′E and latitude 8°45′N. The topography of the town is almost flat Terrain sloping from west to east direction towards the sea.

Climate

The maximum temperature during summer is 39 °C and during winter it is 32 °C. Monsoon in Thoothukkudi is normally characterized by heavy rains and thunderstorms.

Structure

Zones of Thoothukkudi Municipal Corporation are

Departments

DepartmentSub-department
AdministrationGeneral
Accounts
Zone
EngineeringEngineering
Head Works
HealthHealth
Sanitation
Medical
RevenueRevenue
Town PlanningTown Planning

List of mayors

No.NameWard numberTerm in officeAppointed byPolitical party
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1R. Kasthuri ThangamSteady2.svg5 August 200824 October 20113 years, 80 daysR. Lakshmi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2 Sasikala Pushpa Steady2.svg25 October 201123 January 20142 years, 90 daysDinesh Ponraj Oliver All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3A. P. R. Antony GraceSteady2.svg24 September 201424 October 20162 years, 30 daysS. Madumathi
4P. Jegan204 March 2022Incumbent3 years, 120 daysT. Charusree Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

List of deputy mayors

No.NameWard numberTerm in officeAppointed byPolitical partyMayor
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1S. Thommai YesuadiyanSteady2.svg9 August 200824 October 20113 years, 76 daysR. Lakshmi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Kasthuri Thangam
2P. XavierSteady2.svg29 October 201124 October 20164 years, 361 daysDinesh Ponraj Oliver All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Sasikala Pushpa

A. P. R. Antony Grace

3S. Jenitta464 March 2022Incumbent3 years, 120 daysT. Charusree Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Jegan

List of commissioners

No.NameTerm in office
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1R. Lakshmi5 August 20081 September 20091 year, 27 days
2S. Kubendran2 September 20093 January 20111 year, 123 days
–S. A. Rajagopalan4 January 201110 January 20116 days
3M. Seeni Ajmal Khan10 January 201121 January 201111 days
4Dinesh Ponraj Oliver21 January 20116 March 20121 year, 45 days
5S. Madumathi7 March 20127 April 20142 years, 31 days
–S. A. Rajagopalan7 April 201410 April 20143 days
6V. K. Shunmugam10 April 201422 May 201442 days
–S. A. Rajagopalan22 May 201430 May 20148 days
(5)S. Madumathi30 May 201430 June 20151 year, 31 days
–S. A. Rajagopalan30 June 20156 July 20156 days
–S. M. Rakkappan6 July 20158 August 201533 days
7R. Poongodi Arumaikkan8 August 201523 September 20161 year, 46 days
8K. Rajamani23 September 201630 May 2017249 days
–A. Lakshman30 May 20175 June 20176 days
9Alby John Varghese5 June 201720 February 20191 year, 260 days
–P. Ruban Suresh Ponniah21 February 201924 February 20193 days
10V. P. Jeyaseelan25 February 20198 February 20211 year, 349 days
11Sharanya Ari8 February 202116 June 2021128 days
12T. Charusree19 June 20213 February 20231 year, 229 days
13C. Dinesh Kumar5 February 202312 February 20241 year, 7 days
14L. Madhubalan15 February 202425 June 20251 year, 130 days
–K. Saravana Kumar26 June 202529 June 20253 days
15Banoth Mrugender Lal30 June 2025Incumbent2 days

List of councillors

  DMK (46)   AIADMK (5)   IND (3)   INC (3)   CPI (1)   CPI(M) (1)   IUML (1)
Ward No.Elected memberPolitical partyAllianceRemarks
1P. Gandhimani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
2P. Subbulakshmi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
3R. Rengasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
4B. Nageswari Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
5A. Antony Prakash Marsalin Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
6K. Jeyaseeli Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
7T. Nirmal Raj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Chairman of North Zone
8M. Bhavani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
9M. Sebastin Sudha Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
10S. Padmavathy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NDA
11S. Karpagakani Indian National Congress INDIA
12S. Deivendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
13S. Jackuline Jeya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
14M. Murugesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
15V. Esakkiraja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
16P. Kannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
17T. Ramar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
18T. Srinivasan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
19S. Somasundari Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
20P. Jegan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Mayor
21M. Jansirani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
22T. Mageswari Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
23G. Dhanalakshmi Communist Party of India INDIA
24D. Metlida Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
25P. Edlinda Indian National Congress INDIA
26E. Maria Geetha Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
27S. Saranya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
28A. Ramu Ammal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
29T. Kalaiselvi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Chairman of East Zone
30R. Athistamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
31S. P. Kanagaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
32A. Kandhasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
33M. Ponnappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
34S. Chandrabose Indian National Congress INDIA
35R. Veerapagu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NDA
36R. Vijayalakshmi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
37A. Papathi Independent Steady2.svg
38Mumtaj Indian Union Muslim League INDIA
39S. Sureshkumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
40J. Ricta Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
41P. Baby Angelin Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
42K. Annalakshmi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Chairman of West Zone
43R. Muthumari Communist Party of India (Marxist) INDIA
44J. Jeyarani Independent Steady2.svg
45P. Ramakrishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
46S. Jenitta Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Deputy Mayor
47S. Rexline Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
48S. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
49P. Vaithegi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
50S. Saravanakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
51S. Manthiramoorthy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NDA
52G. Vetriselvan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NDA
53S. Muthuvel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
54S. Vijayakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
55M. Rajadurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
56C. Suyambu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
57S. Jeyalakshmi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NDA
58D. Patchiraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA
59S. P. S. Raja Independent Steady2.svg
60A. Balaguruswamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Chairman of South Zone

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India . Vol. 23. Clarendon Press. 1908. pp. 379–380.

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