Tambaram City Municipal Corporation
| City Municipal Corporation | |
| File:Emblem of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.png Emblem of the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation | |
| Formation | 3 November 2021 |
|---|---|
| Governing Act | The Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Act of 2022 |
| City | Tambaram |
| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| Website | Official website |
| Legislative Branch | |
| Council | Tambaram City Council |
| Mayor | K. Vasanthakumari (DMK) |
| Deputy Mayor | G. Kamaraj (DMK) |
| Councillors | 70 Councillors
Government (54) Opposition (9)
Others (7)
|
| Non-voting Member | |
| MP | T.R. Baalu (DMK) |
| MLAs | I. Karunanithi (DMK) S.R. Raja (DMK) |
| Executive Branch | |
| Corporation Commissioner | S. Balachander, IAS |
| District Collector | S. Arunraj, IAS |
| Commissioner of Police | Abin Dinesh Modak, IPS |
| Appointed by | State Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Judiciary branch | |
| District Court | Chengalpattu District Court |
| Principal Judge | J J. Mavis Deepika Sundaravadhana |
Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) is a local government of the City of Tambaram within the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It covers an area of 87.64 sq. km in the Chengalpattu district, and has a population of 722,982. It is one of the four municipal corporations located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the other three being the Greater Chennai Corporation, Avadi City Municipal Corporation and Kanchipuram Municipal Corporation.[2][3] Tambaram is the 20th civic body to become a municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu.[4][5]
Etymology
Tambaram is a medieval town referred to as Taamapuram in an inscription of the 13th century. The word was inscribed on the walls around the sanctum sanctorum at Marundeeswarar temple in Tirukachur village, near Chengalpattu.[6]
History
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Structure
The executive authority in Tambaram City Municipal Corporation is vested in Corporation Commissioner. The Corporation Commissioner is appointed by the State Government of Tamil Nadu.[7][8] The Mayor, who is indirectly elected by the councillors, is the head of the municipal corporation, but the role is largely ceremonial as executive powers are vested in the Corporation Commissioner. The office of the Mayor combines a functional role of chairing the Corporation meeting as well as a ceremonial role associated with being the First Citizen of the city. Deputy Mayor is appointed by the Mayor for a five-year term.[7][8] The legislative branch of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation consists of a council of elected councillors from each ward.The Legislative body is presided over by the Mayor.[7][8]
Area Sabha
Area Sabha is a body of all the residents registered to vote in an area within a ward. Each of the 70 wards in Tambaram is divided into nine areas for conducting Area Sabha. The Area Sabha for all the areas within a ward is convened and chaired by their respective ward Councillor. 200 residents is the minimum number necessary to constitute Area Sabha.[8][9]
Police
On 1 January 2021, the Tambaram Police Commissionerate was established as the city police administration of the City of Tambaram.[10][11] In September 2021, the government revealed its plans of reforming the Greater Chennai City Police and setting up two new commissionerates in Tambaram and Avadi. Subsequently, Director General of Police (DGP) M. Ravi was deputed as special officer to form the Commissionerate. The new Police Commissionerate in Tambaram was formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on 1 January 2022. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Amalraj IPS took over charge as Commissioner of Police of Tambaram City Police.[12] The Tambaram police commissionerate functions with two police districts—Tambaram and Pallikaranai, comprising 20 police stations. For ease of administration, Somangalam and Manimangalam police stations from Kancheepuram district along with Otteri, Guduvanchery, Maraimalai Nagar, Thalambur and Kelambakkam police stations from Chengalpattu district have been attached to the Tambaram Police Commissionerate.[13]
Officials
The Corporation Commissioner is S. Balachander, IAS.[14] The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are K. Vasanthakumari and G. Kamaraj respectively.[15][16] The Commissioner of Police is Abin Dinesh Modak, IPS.[12]
Administrative divisions
Zones
When Tambaram City Municipal Corporation was established, it consisted of 70 wards under 5 zones.[17]
| Zone | Zone Name | Total Wards | Ward No | Revenue villages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pammal | 14 | 1 | Anakaputhur |
| 2 | Anakaputhur | |||
| 3 | Anakaputhur | |||
| 4 | Anakaputhur | |||
| 5 | Anakaputhur and Pammal | |||
| 6 | Pammal | |||
| 7 | Pammal | |||
| 8 | Pammal | |||
| 10 | Pammal | |||
| 11 | Pammal | |||
| 12 | Pammal | |||
| 29 | Thiruneermalai | |||
| 30 | Thiruneermalai | |||
| 31 | Thiruneermalai | |||
| 2 | Pallavaram | 14 | 9 | Issa Pallavaram |
| 13 | Issa Pallavaram and Pallavaram | |||
| 14 | Pallavaram | |||
| 15 | Pallavaram | |||
| 16 | Pallavaram | |||
| 17 | Pallavaram | |||
| 18 | Keelkattalai | |||
| 19 | Keelkattalai | |||
| 20 | Keelkattalai | |||
| 21 | Nemilicheri and Pallavaram | |||
| 24 | Pallavaram | |||
| 26 | Pallavaram | |||
| 27 | Pallavaram | |||
| 28 | Pallavaram | |||
| 3 | Sembakkam | 14 | 22 | Hasthinapuram, Nemilicheri and Pallavaram |
| 23 | Hasthinapuram, Nemilicheri and Pallavaram | |||
| 25 | Hasthinapuram, Nemilicheri and Pallavaram | |||
| 34 | Chitlapakkam | |||
| 35 | Hasthinapuram and Pallavaram | |||
| 36 | Hasthinapuram | |||
| 37 | Hasthinapuram | |||
| 38 | Hasthinapuram | |||
| 39 | Sembakkam | |||
| 40 | Gowrivakkam and Sembakkam | |||
| 41 | Gowrivakkam and Rajakilpakkam | |||
| 42 | Rajakilpakkam and Sembakkam | |||
| 43 | Chitlapakkam | |||
| 44 | Chitlapakkam | |||
| 4 | Perungalathur | 15 | 32 | Kadapperi, Pulikoradu and Tambaram |
| 33 | Chitlapakkam and Kadapperi | |||
| 49 | Tambaram | |||
| 50 | Kadapperi and Tambaram | |||
| 51 | Pulikoradu and Tambaram | |||
| 52 | Pulikoradu and Tambaram | |||
| 53 | Irumbuliyur and Tambaram | |||
| 54 | Tambaram | |||
| 55 | Perungalathur | |||
| 56 | Perungalathur | |||
| 57 | Perungalathur | |||
| 58 | Perungalathur | |||
| 59 | Peerkankaranai | |||
| 60 | Irumbuliyur and Tambaram | |||
| 61 | Peerkankaranai | |||
| 5 | East Tambaram | 13 | 45 | Selaiyur |
| 46 | Selaiyur | |||
| 47 | Selaiyur | |||
| 48 | Selaiyur and Tambaram | |||
| 62 | Irumbuliyur | |||
| 63 | Irumbuliyur and Selaiyur | |||
| 64 | Selaiyur | |||
| 65 | Selaiyur | |||
| 66 | Rajakilpakkam | |||
| 67 | Madambakkam | |||
| 68 | Madambakkam and Selaiyur | |||
| 69 | Madambakkam | |||
| 70 | Madambakkam |
Current city council
The current members of the Tambaram City Council were elected in urban body elections held on19 February 2022.
| Alliance & Parties | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2022 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | ||||||
| SPA | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Social Democracy | M. K. Stalin | 50 / 70
| ||
| Indian National Congress | Social Liberalism | K. Selvaperunthagai | 2 / 70
| |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communism | P. Mahalingam | 1 / 70
| |||
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Social Democracy | Vaiko | 1 / 70
| |||
| AIADMK | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Social Democracy | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | 9 / 70
| ||
| Independent | Independent | Independent | N/A | 7 / 70
| ||
List of officials
Corporation Commissioners
| Council
(Term) |
No. | Name | Term | Appointer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||
| 1st (2022 — 2027) |
1 | M. Elangovan | 3 November 2021 | 11 February 2023 | 21st Cabinet of State of Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | R. Alagumeena, IAS | 12 February 2023 | 15 July 2023 | ||
| 3 | S. Balachander, | 16 July 2023 | Incumbent | ||
Mayors
| Council
(Term) |
No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
| 1st (2022 — 2027) |
1 | Vasanthakumari K | 4 March 2022 | Incumbent | DMK | ||
Deputy mayors
| Council
(Term) |
No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
| 1st (2022 — 2027) |
1 | G Kamaraj | 4 March 2022 | Incumbent | DMK | ||
Councils
| Council
(Term) |
Term | Government | Opposition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Parties | Seats | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1st (2022 — 2027) |
4 March 2022 | Incumbent | DMK+ | 54 / 70
|
AIADMK | 9 / 70
| ||
Commissioners of Police
| Council
(Term) |
No. | Name | Term | Appointer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||
| 1st (2022 — 2027) |
1 | M. Ravi | 1 January 2022 | 31 May 2022 | 21st Cabinet of State of Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | A. Amalraj | 6 June 2022 | 9 July 2024 | ||
| 3 | Abin Dinesh Modak | 10 July 2024 | Incumbent | ||
Electoral history
Popular Vote
| Council
(Election) |
Voter | AAP | AIADMK | BJP | CPI(M) | DMDK | DMK | INC | MDMK | NTK | PMK | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | Votes | +/- | |
| 1st (2022) |
51.38 | — | 1.05 | — | 24.65 | — | 5.98 | — | 0.79 | — | 2.62 | — | 39.92 | — | 2.26 | — | 0.69 | — | 2.02 | — | 1.63 | — |
Seats
| Council
(Election) |
Voter | AAP | AIADMK | BJP | CPI(M) | DMDK | DMK | INC | MDMK | NTK | PMK | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
| 1st (2022) |
51.38 | — | 0 | — | 9 | — | 0 | — | 1 | — | 0 | — | 50 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
See also
- List of municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu
- Tambaram
- Chennai Metropolitan Area
- Greater Chennai Corporation
- Avadi City Municipal Corporation
- Kancheepuram City Municipal Corporation
References
- ↑ The Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (PDF) (5). Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2022.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Bills" (PDF). Stationery.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ↑ Yogesh Kabirdoss (26 March 2017). "Pallavaram, Tambaram, Avadi to be corporations". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ↑ "Tambaram becomes the 20th municipal corporation of Tamil Nadu, Ordinance promulgated". The New Indian Express. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ↑ Lopez, Aloysius Xavier (30 August 2021). "Tambaram Corporation takes shape amidst great expectations". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ↑ "Dr.Gift Siromoney's Home Page". Cmi.ac.in. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Gazette notification on Tambaram Municipal Corporation". The Hindu. 5 November 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act (25 of 1920). Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. 1981.
- ↑ "TN to hold Area Sabha meets from Nov 1". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu: Two more police commissionerates opened to crack down on criminals". The Times of India. 2 January 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu DGP issues instructions for trifurcation of Greater Chennai Commissionerate". The Indian Express. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Amalraj takes over as Tambaram Police Commissioner". The Hindu. 6 June 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ↑ "New Police Commissionerates in Tambaram, Avadi opened". The Hindu. January 2022.
- ↑ "T.N. government posts new Collectors to 11 districts, Commissioners to five municipal corporations". The Hindu. 30 January 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ↑ "எனது முடிவுகளில் குடும்பத் தலையீடு இருக்காது - தாம்பரம் மேயர் க.வசந்தகுமாரி சிறப்புப் பேட்டி". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in தமிழ்). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ↑ தாம்பரத்துக்குனு செம ப்ளான்ஸ் இருக்கு! | Tambaram Mayor | TN Govt | DMK, retrieved 26 March 2022
- ↑ "தாம்பரம் மாநகராட்சி 5 மண்டலங்களாக பிரிப்பு". Maalai Malar (in தமிழ்). 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.