Khammam Municipal Corporation | |
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Type | of the Khammam |
Leadership | |
Smt. Punukollu Neeraja, TRS | |
Smt. Fathima Johra, TRS | |
Shri. Anuraag Jayanthi I.A.S | |
Website | |
Khammam Municipal Corporation |
The Khammam Municipal Corporation is a civic body of Khammam in the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed on 19 October 2012.[1]
History
[edit]The municipality of Khammam was constituted as a III–Grade in the year 1952. It was then upgraded to II–Grade in 1959, I–Grade in 1980 and then to Special Grade on 18 May 2001.[1]
The first municipal mayor for Khammam municipal corporation is Shri. Guguloth Papalal.
The first woman mayor for Khammam Municipal Corporation is Smt. Punukollu Neeraja.
Jurisdiction
[edit]The corporation is spread over an area of 94.37 km2 (36.44 sq mi) with 51 election wards.[2] Fourteen villages were merged into the corporation. The merged villages include, Ballepalli, Dwamsalapuram, Edulapuram, Gollagudem, Gudimalla, Gurralapadu, Kaikondaigudem, Khanapuram Haveli, Mallemadugu and Peddathanda, Polepalli, Velugumatla and Venkatagiri.[3]
Administration
[edit]The corporation is administered by an elected body, headed by a mayor. The corporation population as per the 2011 Census of India was 153,756. The present commissioner of the corporation is G. Venugopal Reddy.[4]
Elections
[edit]The first elections for Khammam Municipal Corporation has conducted on 6 March 2016.[5] Around 68 percent of voters registered for the elections. A total of 291 candidates from TRS, TDP, Congress-CPI combine, CPI (M), YSR Congress, BJP and independents were in the fray for 50 divisions of the civic body. The city has 2,65,710[clarification needed] registered voters. Counting will be held on 9 March.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Khammam Municipal Corporation". Official website of Khammam Municipal Corporation. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Basic Information". Khammam Municipal Corporation. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Khammam is a municipal corporation now". IBN Live. Khammam. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "General Administration". Khammam Municipal Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ P. Sridhar (6 March 2016). "33 per cent voting in Khammam civic polls till 11 a.m." The Hindu. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "68 pc voting in Khammam civic poll in Telangana". Business Standard. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2018.