Coimbatore Municipal Corporation

History

The municipality of Coimbatore was established in 1866 according to the Town Improvements Act of 1865, with industrialist Sir Robert Stanes as its first Chairman. The early days of the municipality were difficult as it had to tackle plague epidemics and earthquakes. In 1934, the municipality elected its first woman Chairman, K. Thankamma Jacob.Justice Party politician R. K. Shanmukham Chetty served as the Vice-Chairman of the municipality from 1917 to 1920. in 1981, Coimbatore was elevated to a municipal corporation, the third in Tamil Nadu by the merger of Singanallur Municipality with Coimbatore Municipality. In 2011, Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation limits were expanded by merging nearby areas of Coimbatore and making its area from 105 km² to 257.04 km². In 2012, the Corporation won the "Best Corporation Award" from the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Logo

The logo of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation includes Indian national flag.

Area

In 2011, three municipalities namely Kuniyamuthur, Kurichi and Kavundampalayam, seven town panchayats namely Saravanampatti, Kalapatti, Vadavalli, Thudiyalur, Veerakeralam, Chinnavedampatti, Vellakinar and Vilankurichi village panchayat were annexed by the Corporation by increasing the size from 105 km.sq. to 257.04 km.sq.

In 2024 there was a proposal by Tamilnadu Government to merge Madukkarai municipality, five town panchayats namely Perur, Vedapatti, Irugur, Vellalore, Pallapalayam and eleven urbanized village panchayats namely Pattanam, Seerapalayam, Perur Chettipalayam, Somayampalayam, Kurudampalayam, Keeranatham, Vellanaipatti, Neelambur, Chinniampalayam, Mylampatti and Kallipalayam with Coimbatore Corporation.

However in January 2025, Tamilnadu Government merged

• Madukkarai municipality,
• four town panchayats

1. Perur,
2. Vedapatti,
3. Irugur,
4. Vellalore and

• eleven urbanized village panchayats namely

1. Sulur Panchayat Union (Neelambur, Mylampatti, Chinniampalayam),
2. Periyanaickenpalayam Panchayat Union (Kurudampalayam, Ashokapuram, Somayampalayam),
3. Sarkarsamakulam Panchayat Union (Keeranatham),
4. Madukkarai Panchayat Union (Seerapalayam and Malumichampatti) with Coimbatore Corporation to make it the state's largest corporation with an area of 415 sq.km.

Structure

This corporation consists of 100 wards and is headed by a mayor who presides over a deputy mayor and other councillors who represent the wards. The mayor is elected directly through a first past the post voting system and the deputy mayor is elected by the councillors from among their numbers.

Wards

Administration

For administrative purpose the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation is divided into five zones namely North, South, East, West and Central headed by a chairman.

• The North Zone will have Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
• The East Zone will have Wards 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
• The Central Zone will have Wards 31, 32, 46, 47, 48, 49, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84
• The South Zone will have Wards 76, 77, 78, 79, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
• The West Zone will have Wards 16, 17, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75,

The offices of the respective zones are located at the following locations:

Elections

Ruling Party (96)

SPA (96) Opposition (4) ]]

In the 2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections, DMK and its allies in the Secular Progressive Alliance, won 96 wards out of total 100 wards for Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation. The DMK won 76 and its allies 20. Among the allies of DMK, Congress won nine, CPI and CPI(M) - four each, and MDMK three wards. The incumbent ruling party in the Coimbtore corporation council, AIADMK won three seats. Social Democratic Party of India won 1 ward.

Utilities

The executive wing of the corporation is headed by a Corporation Commissioner assisted by Deputy Commissioner. The corporation runs and maintains basic services like water, sewage and roads. The district itself is administered by the District Collector.

Law enforcement

The Coimbatore City Police was formed in 1972 after the bifurcation of the existing Coimbatore Police Force to assist in law enforcement. Coimbatore police commissionerate was formed in 1990. The jurisdiction of the Commissionerate of Police extends to the jurisdictional limits of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation. In 2011, when the limits of the Municipal Corporation were increased, the jurisdiction of the police was also increased to include newly added areas. There are 18 police stations in Coimbatore City, numbered B - 1 to B - 15 along with three "All-Women" Police stations. The CCP has three wings: traffic, law and order, and crime. Each of these wings comes under four zones: North, South, East and West. The District Court is the highest court of appeal in Coimbatore.

Notes

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