Administration of Thrissur

Administration of Thrissur is handled by the Thrissur Municipal Corporation, consisting of 55 councilors and headed by the city's mayor.

Administration

Map of Thrissur Municipal Corporation showing boundaries of wards

Thrissur city is governed by the Thrissur Municipal Corporation, consisting of councillors who represent 55 wards and are directly elected by the city's residents. From among themselves, the councillors elect a mayor and a deputy mayor who preside over about 8 standing committees.^[1] Out of 55 seats, 26 are reserved for women (general); 2 are reserved for SC (women) and 2 are reserved for SC.^[2]Thrissur has one parliamentary constituency - Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency and elects 2 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to the state legislature. The Thrissur City Police, a division of the Kerala Police, is the law enforcement agency in the city. The city police force is headed by a commissioner of police, and administrative control rests with the Kerala Home Ministry. The department consists of two subdivisions with a total of 13 police stations. The city's traffic is managed by the Thrissur City Traffic Police.^[3][4][5]

Waste Management

The city generates around 160 tonnes of waste every day. But it doesn’t have any proper procedure to process it. Earlier, Laloor was used to dump the waste from the city. Because of protest and indefinite strike which was started on October 2, 1988, dumping was stopped there. On October 3, 2012, foundation was laid for an organic waste converter treatment plant in Sakthan Thampuran Nagar. The waste converter was inaugurated by Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali on May 28, 2013. The converter was set up at a cost of Rs 95 lakh on 45 cents of land can process 4 tonnes of waste a day. The city also has nine bio-gas plants at West Fort, Ayyanthole, Aranattukara, Anappara, Olarikara, Mannuthy, Ollur and Cheerachi. Another four at Sakthan Nagar, Panamkuttichira, Vilvattam and Ollukkara has been given approval.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur seen from M.O. Road, Thrissur

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Utility services

Electricity is distributed by Thrissur Corporation Electricity Department of Thrissur Municipal Corporation in older municipal limits and in new corporation limits it is done by Kerala State Electricity Board. Thrissur Municipal Corporation started the distribution in August 19, 1937, through a declaration from the Maharaja of Cochin. Thrissur Municipal Corporation is the only local body in the State that has been given the license to distribute power by procuring power from Kerala State Electricity Board even when it was a municipality. It has 161 transformers around the city to distribute the electricity.^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

Water management

Thrissur city receives about 29 million liters per day (MLD) from Peechi Dam and Karuvannur River against the required amount of 50 MLD. This demand is expected to rise to 80 MLD by 2051. Many residential apartments, houses use ground water resources to meet its water needs.^[18]

References

1. "Standing Committees". Corporation of Thrissur. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
2. "Tacit tie-ups, smart moves in Thrissur Corporation". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
3. "First Police Commissioner of Thrissur assumes charge". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
4. "Thrissur to have city police commissionerate". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2013-07-182. Retrieved 2013-07-18. Check date values in: |date= (help)
5. "Thrissur gets Police Commissioner". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
6. "Laloor's war against waste turns 25". Times of India. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
7. "Organic waste converter at Sakthan market soon". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
8. "State’s first bio-waste plant starts". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
9. "Garbage lies uncollected in Thrissur for the seventh day". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
10. "Kerala gets its first bio-waste plant at Thrissur". Urbannewsdigest. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
11. "Waste disposal from Thrissur resumed". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
12. "Thrissur getting bogged down in mounds of garbage". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
13. "ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT". THRISSUR CORPORATION. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
14. "THRISSUR CORPORATION ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT". THRISSUR CORPORATION. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
15. "Thrissur to go online for power bills". Times of India. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
16. "Thrissur corporation to appeal against power authority's order". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
17. "Resolution against new KSEB licensees". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
18. "Drinking water to come from Karuvannur". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2014-12-09.

See also

• List of Thrissur Corporation wards