Madurai Municipal Corporation

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Corporation of Madurai
Madurai City Corporation Logo.png
Type
Type
Leadership
V. Indirani Ponvasanth, DMK
Simranjeet Singh Kahlon IAS
T. Nagarajan, CPI(M)
Dr. S. Sangeetha
Structure
Seats100
Political groups
 Ruling Party (80)
  •   DMK (67)
  •   INC (5)
  •   CPI(M) (4)
  •   VCK (1)
  •   MDMK (3)

Opposition (16)

Others (5)

Meeting place
Madurai Corporation - Arignar Anna Maligai.JPG
Arignar Anna Maligai
Website
www.maduraicorporation.co.in

Corporation of Madurai is the civic body which administers the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Madurai is one of the oldest living cities in the world. Formed on 1 May 1971 as the first Municipal Corporation in Tamil Nadu post independence, it is the third largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu in population and revenue. It is also the third largest in Tamil Nadu by area after Greater Chennai Corporation, Coimbatore Municipal Corporation, Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation, Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation, and Tiruppur Municipal Corporation. [1] The annual budget of Madurai Corporation for 2021–22 is Rs.437 crores. It consists of a Council and an Executive wings. The council is headed by the Mayor while the Executive wing is headed by the Commissioner. It consists of 100 wards organised into five zones, viz East, North, Central, South and West.

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History

The municipality of Madurai was constituted on 1 November 1866 as per the Town Improvement Act of 1865. The municipality was headed by a chairperson and elections were regularly conducted for the post except during the period 1891 to 1896, when no elections were held due to violent factionalism. A Secretary was appointed in 1898 to assist the Municipal Chairperson. A municipal office was established in 1871–1872 in a portion of the Thirumalai Nayak's palace. The municipality repaired a causeway across the Vaigai River in 1884 and founded a maternity hospital in 1873. In 1892, the Madurai municipality commissioned 'Arappalayam Water Works' a water-supply project headed by J. A. Jones, Sanitary Engineer to the Madras government, to construct a channel redirecting the waters of the Vaigai River and purifying them. The project was eventually completed in 1894 at a cost of Rs.6,23,000, including a Rs.1,96,000 grant from the government of Madras Presidency. The cost of maintenance was estimated at Rs.32,753. A drainage system for the portion surrounded by the four Masi streets was completed in 1902. During the early years of independent India, the Madurai municipality was dominated by reformists of the Indian National Congress. [2] As early as December 1923, the municipality had passed a resolution prohibiting the sale of liquor and intoxicants in Madurai city. [3] Madurai was upgraded to a municipal corporation on 1 May 1971 [4] as per the Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971. [5] It is the second oldest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu, after Chennai. [4]

Structure

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The Corporation of Madurai

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation Council, the legislative body, comprises 100 councilors elected from each of the 100 wards and is headed by a Mayor assisted by a Deputy Mayor. The executive wing is made up of seven departments: general administration, revenue, town planning, engineering, public health, education and finance and accounts and is headed by a City Commissioner. The Commissioner is assisted by a Deputy Commissioner, City Engineer, City Health Officer, City Education Officer, two Executive Engineers, Assistant Commissioners apart from others.

List of mayors

List of deputy mayors

List of committee chairpersons (2022)

List of zonal chairpersons (wards committee) (2022)

List of councillors (2022)

List of past councillors

Notes

  1. ↑ "2011 Government of India census". Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Lal, Shiv (1972). Indian elections since independence. Vol. 1. Election Archives. p. 151.
  3. ↑ "Picketing of Liquor shops in Madurai". Historia. Vol. 1. Madurai Tamilology Publishers. 1981. p. 55.
  4. 1 2 Civic affairs. Vol. 18. Citizen Press. 1970. p. 54.
  5. ↑ Palanithurai, Ganapathy (2007). A handbook for panchayati raj administration (Tamil Nadu). Concept Publishing Company. p. 80. ISBN   978-81-8069-340-3.

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