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.
