Tambaram City Municipal Corporation

Tambaram City Municipal Corporation
Tāmbaram Mānakarāṭci
City Municipal Corporation
Emblem of the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation
Formation3 November 2021
(3 years ago)
 (2021-11-03)
Governing ActThe Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Act of 2022
CityTambaram
Country India
WebsiteOfficial website
Legislative Branch
CouncilTambaram City Council
MayorK. Vasanthakumari (DMK)
Deputy MayorG. Kamaraj (DMK)
Councillors70 Councillors

Government (54)
SPA (54)

  •   DMK (50)
  •   INC (2)
  •   CPI(M) (1)
  •   MDMK (1)

Opposition (9)

Others (7)

Non-voting Member
MPT.R. Baalu (DMK)
MLAsI. Karunanithi (DMK)
S.R. Raja (DMK)
Executive Branch
Corporation CommissionerS. Balachander, IAS
District CollectorS. Arunraj, IAS
Commissioner
of Police
Abin Dinesh Modak, IPS
Appointed byState Government
of Tamil Nadu
Judiciary branch
District CourtChengalpattu District Court
Principal JudgeJ J. Mavis Deepika Sundaravadhana

Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) is a local government of the City of Tambaram within the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It covers an area of 87.64 sq. km in the Chengalpattu district, and has an estimated 2021 population of 960,887.

It is one of the four municipal corporations located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the other three being the Greater Chennai Corporation, Avadi City Municipal Corporation and Kanchipuram Municipal Corporation.[2][3] Tambaram is the 20th civic body to become a municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu.[4][5]

  1. ^ The Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (PDF) (5). Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Tamil Nadu Bills" (PDF). Stationery.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ^ Yogesh Kabirdoss (26 March 2017). "Pallavaram, Tambaram, Avadi to be corporations". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Tambaram becomes the 20th municipal corporation of Tamil Nadu, Ordinance promulgated". The New Indian Express. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ^ Lopez, Aloysius Xavier (30 August 2021). "Tambaram Corporation takes shape amidst great expectations". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2021.