Tenali Municipality

Tenali Municipality
తెనాలి పురపాలక సంస్థ
Formation 1909
Merger of Municipal Corporation
Type Governmental organisation
Legal status Local government
Purpose Civic administration
Headquarters Tenali
Location
Official language
Telugu
Chairman
 K.Tulasi
Municipal Commissioner
 S.Shakuntala
Main organ
 Committee

Tenali Municipality is the local self government in Tenali, a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a special grade municipality.[1]

History

The municipality was formed in 1909 and was upgraded to special grade municipality in 1965.[2]

Administration

The municipality is spread over an area of 15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi) and comprises, Tenali, Pinapadu and Chinaravuru.[2] Tenali municipality has 40 election wards,[1] The present municipal commissioner of the city is S.Shakuntala and the chairperson is K.Tulasi Das.[3]

Civic works and services

Most of the city residents rely on borewells for water. The increase in demand and also decrease in the ground water level made the Public Health Department and the municipality to initiate a water project for the growing city residents. It includes, the construction of a head water works reservoir at VRS and YRN College compound, six other overhead service reservoirs and a filtration plant. These are supplied with the Krishna river water from Prakasam Barrage at Sitanagaram.[4][5]

The city municipality implements two-bin garbage collection and also took up sanitation campaigns like, Mana Tenali-It’s people’s creation for hygiene of the people.[6]

Projects and infrastructure

The notable Satyanarayana VGTMUDA Lake Park (or Chinaravuru Park) on the outskirts is maintained by VGTMUDA (now CRDA). It is home to many floral varieties and was named after the former municipal chairman, Ravi Satyanarayana.[7]

Tenali is one of the seven municipalities, along with Vijayawada and Guntur Municipal Corporations to be a part of a 15 MW waste-to-energy plant project. It is planned to be set up with the collaboration of the JITF Urban Infrastructure Limited.[8]

Awards and achievements

In 2015, the municipality received Green Leaf Awards 2015 in the category of Best Decentralised Solid Waste Management, which was organised by NGO Sukuki Exnora.[9] In the 6th Plasticon Awards 2012, it was awarded Green City of the country for waste segregation management.[10] The city is one among the 31 cities in the state to be a part of water supply and sewerage services mission known as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).[11] In 2015, as per the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of the Ministry of Urban Development, Tenali Municipality was ranked 166th in the country.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "About Tenali". VGTM Urban Development Authority. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Contact Details of Commissioners and Mayors of Amrut Cities" (PDF). Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. Government of India. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "New project to quench Tenali's thirst". Times of India (Tenali). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Delay in drinking water project irks residents". The Hindu (Tenali). 24 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "A litter-free town, the aim of ‘Mana Tenali’". The Hindu (Tenali). 13 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "A perfect getaway, for children and adults". Tenali. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Waste-to-energy plant to be set up in Guntur". The Hindu. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "TS and AP NGOs sweep Green Leaf awards". The Hans India. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Green City award for Tenali". The Hindu (Vijayawada). 2 February 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  11. ↑ Vadlapatla, Sribala (11 August 2015). "Amaravati among 31 AP cities selected for Amruth development". The Times of India (Hyderabad). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  12. ↑ Sandeep Kumar, S (10 August 2015). "Small towns fare better in Swachh Bharat rankings". The Hindu (Vijayawada). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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