Madurai Municipal Corporation

Corporation of Madurai
Corporation of Madurai
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of the Madurai
Leadership
Mayor	V. Indirani Ponvasanth, DMK
Commissioner	DINESH KUMAR ,IAS
Deputy Mayor	T. Nagarajan, CPI(M)
Deputy Commissioner	Dr. S. Sangeetha
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Ruling Party (80); SPA (80); DMK (67); INC (5); CPI(M) (4); VCK (1); MDMK (3); Opposition (16) AIADMK (15); Others (5) IND (4); BJP (1);
Meeting place
	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 population after Greater Chennai Corporation and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation and fifth largest in area after Greater Chennai Corporation, Coimbatore 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.

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]

Karuppayurani, Othakadai, Narasingam, Kathakinaru, Andarkottaram, Sakkimangalam, Karseri, Chettikulam, Kovil Pappakudi, Alathur, Petchikulam, Viraganur and Perungudi village panchayats are annexed to Madurai Corporation

Structure

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

S. Muthu (1971–1980)
S.K.Balakrishnan (1980–1982)
S. Patturajan (1982–1984)
P. Kulandaivelu (1996–2001)
C. Ramachandran (2001–2006)
G. Thenmozhi Gopinathan (2006–2011) first women mayor of Madurai
V. V. Rajan Chellappa (2011–2016)
Indirani Pon Vasanth(2022–present)

List of deputy mayors

K S Shanthanam (1972–1974)
M. Natarajan (1974–1975)
S. Navaneetha Krishnan (1980–1982)
Misa M.Pandian (1996–2001)
D. Chinna Samy (2001–2005)
S. Syed Ghouse Basha (2005–2006)
P.M.Mannan (2006–2011)
R.Gopalakrishnan (2011–2014)
M.Thiraviyam (2014–2016)
T. Nagarajan (2022–present)

List of committee chairpersons (2022)

1. Accounts Committee – TMT I.Noor Jahan (2022 to Present)
2. Education Committee –
3. Public Health Committee –
4. Taxation and Finance Committee –
5. Town Planning and Improvement Committee –
6. Works Committee –

List of zonal chairpersons (wards committee) (2022)

1. East Zone -Tmt. S.Vasuki
2. North Zone -Tmt.A.Saravanabhuvaneshwari

3. Central Zone –
4. South Zone –
5. West Zone –

List of councillors (2022)

1 Tmt. D.Sharmila
2 Tmt. M.Amutha
3 Thiru. G.Selva Ganapathy
4 Tmt. K.Nandhini
5 Tmt. S.Vasuki
6 Tmt. B.Palselvi
7 Thiru. M.Ramamoorthy
8 Tmt. G.Radhika
9 Thiru. S.Dhanaraj
10 Tmt. A.Muthukumari
11 Thiru. S.Genghis Khan
12 Tmt. M.Ratha
13 Thiru. Senthilkumar
14 Tmt. L.Anthoniammal
15 Tmt. A.Saravana Bhuvaneswari
16 Thiru. D.Jeyaraj
17 Tmt. P.Rohini
18 Thiru. K.E.Navaneetha Krishnan
19 Thiru. P.Babu
20 Tmt. C.Nagajothi
21 Thiru. P.Kajendrakumar
22 Tmt. B.Mahalakshmi
23 Thiru. T.Kumaravel
24 Thiru. J.Manickam
25 Thiru. K.Murali Ganesh
26 Tmt. K.Chokkayee
27 Thiru. A.Mayathevan
28 Tmt. R.Uma
29 Tmt. R.Logamani
30 Tmt. A.Vasanthadevi
31 Thiru. V.Murugan
32 Tmt. M.Vijaya Moushumi
33 Tmt. R.Malathi
34 Tmt. J.Pandeeswari
35 Tmt. S.Janaki
36 Thiru. V.Karthikeyan
37 Thiru. N.Ponnuvalavan
38 Thiru. T.Kathiravan
39 Thiru. P.Marnadu
40 Thiru. C.M.Duraipandian
41 Thiru. K. Senthamarai Kannan
42 Tmt. K.Selvi
43 Thiru. M.Mugesh Sharma
44 Tmt. K.Tamilselvi
45 Tmt. K.Shanmugavalli
46 Tmt. P.Vijayalakshmi
47 Tmt. M.Banu
48 Tmt. K.Rubinikumar
49 Thiru. A.Syed Abuthahir
50 Tmt. R.Indiragandhi
51 Tmt. K.Vijayalakshmi
52 Thiru. S.Baskaran
53 Thiru. S.Arunkumar
54 Tmt. I. Noorjahan
55 Tmt. G.Vijaya
56 Tmt. V.Jenniammal
57 Tmt. V.Indirani
58 Thiru. M.Jeyaram
59 Tmt. A.Mahalakshmi
60 Tmt. S.Bama
61 Tmt. S.Selvi
62 Thiru. K.Jayachandran
63 Thiru. R.Krishnamoorthy
64 Thiru. M.Raja
65 Thiru. M.Solai Senthil Kumar
66 Thiru. N.Marimuthu
67 Thiru. D.C.Naganathan
68 Thiru. J.Moovendran
69 Tmt. A.Saraswathy
70 Tmt. T.Amutha
71 Thiru. V.Muniyandi
72 Thiru. P.Karuppusamy
73 Thiru. S.S Bose
74 Thiru. V.Sudhan
75 Tmt. P.Pandi Selvi
76 Thiru. R.Karthick
77 Thiru. D.Raj Prathaban
78 Tmt. P.Tamilselvi
79 Tmt. V.Lakshikka Sree
80 Thiru. T.Nagarajan
81 Thiru. S.V.Murugan
82 Thiru. G.Kaveri
83 Thiru. T.Ravi
84 Thiru. Bose Muthiah
85 Tmt. J.Muthumari
86 Tmt. S.Booma
87 Thiru. J.Kalidoss
88 Tmt. M.Prema
89 Tmt. S.Kavitha
90 Thiru. G.Rajarathinam
91 Thiru. K.A.Vasu
92 Thiru. M.Karuppasamy
93 Thiru M.P.R Ravichandran
94 Tmt R.Swetha Sathyan
95 Tmt K.Indira Gandhi
96 Tmt N.Vijaya
97 Tmt R.Sivasakthi
98 Tmt V.Suvitha
99 Thiru M.Siva
100 Tmt. A.Muthulakshmi

List of past councillors

Mr.K.P.Sasikumar.M.Com., (2011–2016) – Ward-49
Pazahakkadai. M.Pandi (1971–1984)
S.Syed Ismail Sahib (1971–1976)
Moulvi. Dr. A.S. Afsar Hussain Misbahi (1978–1984)
S. Alagarsamy naidu (1978–1984) – Father of Vijayakanth
S.Thajutheen (1978–1984)
M.C.Kamal (1978–1984)
M.R.Manikkam (1996–2011)
S.D.Jayabalan (1996–2016)
M.Dharmalingam (1996 -2006)
P. Salaimuthu (2001–2016)
K.M. Chinnu (1978–1984)
Siluvai

Notes

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

References

Francis, W. (1906). Madras District Gazetteers: Madura. Government Press. pp. 222–226.

External links

[1] "2011 Government of India census". Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[electionsp151-2] Lal, Shiv (1972). Indian elections since independence. Vol. 1. Election Archives. p. 151.

[historiap55-3] "Picketing of Liquor shops in Madurai". Historia. Vol. 1. Madurai Tamilology Publishers. 1981. p. 55.

[civicaffairsp54-4] Civic affairs. Vol. 18. Citizen Press. 1970. p. 54.

[panchayatirajp80-5] 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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