The Chennai Government primarily constitutes the Chennai Corporation. Being the capital city of Tamil Nadu Chennai has a well-developed framework of government. There are a total of 155 wards that are administered by the Government of Chennai.
Chennai Government plays a major role in providing a full-fledged administrative infrastructure to the people of the city. The rural areas of Chennai have Local Self Administration which is facilitated by a three tier system. Since Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu hence most of the significant governmental functions are carried out in this city only.
Chennai Metropolitan Area
The Chennai Metropolitan Area is an important part of the administrative structure of the city as well as Tamil Nadu. Covering a total area of 1189 sq km, the Chennai Metropolitan Area or CMA comes under the 3 Tamil Nadu districts. These include some parts of Kancheepuram, Chennai district and a part of Thiruvallur. Including the city of Chennai, the Metropolitan Area consists of 214 village panchayats, 20 town panchayats and 16 municipalities.
The Establishment of Chennai Corporation
The Chennai Corporation came into being in the year of 1688. East Indian Company issued a charter in the year 1607 which contained information regarding inclusion of all the divisions of Town of Fort St. George within a distance of 10 miles into the Corporation of Chennai. The corporation started levying municipal taxes through the Parliamentary Act of 1792. The statutory powers were conferred upon the Corporation by the Madras Municipal Corporation Act, 1919.
Being the oldest Municipal house of India, Chennai Corporation today is a successful administrative body of the city.
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There are 10 administrative zones within the Chennai Corporation all of which are administered by individual zonal officers
A Chief Executive heads the Chennai Corporation as the commissioner 7 Superintending Engineers, 2 Chief Engineers, 1 Deputy Commissioners from Indian Administrative Service and 3 Joint Commissioner are there to provide assistance to the Chief Executive.
Departments of Chennai Corporation
Chennai corporation has several departments that have been established to look after the civic infrastructure of the city. Some of the departments of the Corporation are as follows:
- General administration
- Council department
- Revenue department
- Land & Estate department
- Financial management unit
The engineering departments of the Corporation include:
- Electrical department
- Solid waste management department
- Mechanical engineering department
- Buildings department
- Parks & play fields
- Health department
- Storm water drain department
- Family welfare department
- Works department
- Privatization of solid waste management
- Bridges department
- Education department
Manned by efficient officials and well-equipped departments, the Chennai Corporation represents a successful part of Chennai Government.
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