Kurnool Municipal Corporation

Kurnool Municipal Corporation
Karnūlu nagara pālaka Sanstha
కర్నూలు నగర పాలక సంస్థ
Type
Type
History
Founded1994
Leadership
Municipal Commissioner
D. K. Balaji
Structure
Seats52
Political groups
Government (46)
  •   YSRCP (44)
  •   IND (2)

Opposition (6)

Elections
Last election
10 March 2021
Website
kurnool.cdma.ap.gov.in

Kurnool Municipal Corporation is a civic body of Kurnool in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[1] It was constituted as a municipality in the year 1994.[2] Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762.[3] Kurnool Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner. The present municipal commissioner of the corporation is D. K. Balaji.[4]

  1. ^ "Kurnool Municipal Corporation". Official website of Kurnool Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Basic Information of Municipality". Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. ^ Gupta, Anupam. "City Mayors: Indian Mayors". citymayors.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Kurnool sanitation staff dump garbage in front of shops for non-payment of user charges". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 June 2022.