Thrissur Municipal Corporation
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Corporation of Thrissur തൃശ്ശൂര് കോര്പ്പറേഷന് |
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Municipal Corporation of the Thrissur
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| Leadership | |
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Varghese Kandamkulathy, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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Last election
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2015 |
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Last election
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2010 |
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| Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur | |
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The Thrissur Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the Thrissur city in Kerala, India. It is the fourth largest city Corporation in the state of Kerala by area and population. Established as a Municipality since 1921 under the Cochin Municipal Regulations, it is responsible for civic infrastructure and administration; the distribution of electricity and water for Thrissur city. The Corporation manages 101.42 km of Thrissur city limits of through 55 wards through five zones Ayyanthole, Vilvattom, Ollukkara, Ollur and Koorkanchery.
Prior to the constitution of the municipality, there was a sanitary board functioning in 1910 under a sergeant and the town council after 1911. In 1932, the new Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur was constructed. On July 1, 1940, Thrissur Municipality was born and on July 15, 1998, it was upgraded by the Kerala Government to municipal corporation. The first elections to the corporation were held in 2000. Ayyanthole, Ollukkara, Koorkenchery, Ollur and Vilvattom Panchayths and parts of Nadathara and Kolazhy Panchayths were merged with the municipality to form the Thrissur Municipal Corporation.
The corporation comprises two legislative assemblies Thrissur Assembly Constituency and Ollur Assembly Constituency. The city is administered by the Thrissur Municipal Corporation, headed by a mayor. Thrissur Municipal Corporation is the second-largest city corporation in the state of Kerala in India. The city is the only local body and city in Kerala which directly controls power, water supply and solid waste management system in the Thrissur city. For administrative purposes, the city is divided into 55 wards, from which the members of the corporation council are elected for five years. The corporation has its headquarters in Thrissur city.
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