The Hindu 13.04.2013
Municipality wants more area under corporation
Vallam Town Panchayat and Mariammankoil Panchayat will be added to the Thanjavur City Corporation that is to be formed soon. A resolution to this effect was adopted at the Thanjavur Municipality meeting held specially for adopting a resolution giving approval and welcoming Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's announcement in the Legislative Assembly recently for upgrading Thanjavur special grade municipality into a corporation.
Savithiri Gopal, Chairperson, read the resolution and it was adopted. The municipality recommended to the government in its resolution to include with Thanjavur Municipality the following panchayats and town panchayats to make it into a corporation.
Areas to be included are Vallam Town Panchayat, Mariammankoil panchayat, Kathirinatham panchayat, Pudupattinam panchayat, Vilar panchayat, Nanchikottai panchayat, Inathukanpatti panchayat, Pillaiyarpatti panchayat, Neelagiri panchayat, Ramanathapuram panchayat, Melaveli panchayat and Pallieri pancahyat.
Total area of the corporation after inclusion of these areas will go up to 128.02 sq. km from the present 36.33 sq km of Municipal area and population will reach 3,51,655 and revenue is expected to touch Rs. 43.19 crore.
