Two years after 17 local bodies were added to the Integrated Vellore
Corporation, as many as 238 employees, who had been employed in these
local bodies were absorbed into the Corporation.

Vellore
Municipality was upgraded as a Corporation in August 2008. In addition
to this, two grade-3 municipalities, Sathuvachari and Tharapadavedu; six
town panchayats,  Thorapadi, Allapuram, Shenbakkam, Kalinjur, Gandhi
Nagar, Katpadi; and 9 village panchayats were added during the local
body elections in October 2011.

Following this, Vellore
Corporation was divided into four zones with Tharapadavedu,
Sathuvachari,Vellore and Shenbakkam as its headquarters and each zone
functioning with 15 wards.

After nearly two years, 238 permanent
employees, who were working in various local bodies from these newly
added areas, were absorbed into the Corporation.