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The '''Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation''' is the [[municipal corporation]] which looks after the city administration of [[Tiruchirappalli]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It consists of a legislative and an executive body. The legislative body is headed by the city mayor while the executive body is headed by a Chief Commissioner.
The '''Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation''' is the [[municipal corporation]] which looks after the city administration of [[Tiruchirappalli]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It consists of a legislative and an executive body. The legislative body is headed by the city mayor while the executive body is headed by a Chief Commissioner.
==History==


==History==
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The [[municipality]] of Tiruchirapalli was inaugurated by the Town Improvements Act 1865 on 1 November 1866 and included the civil station as well as the Trichinopoly Cantonment. The municipality originally consisted of two ex-officio and nine nominated members.<ref name="hemingwayp263">[[#Hemingway|Hemingway]], p 263</ref> Elections to the council were introduced in 1877 and the first chairman was elected in 1889.<ref name="hemingwayp263" /> Elections were stopped in September 1895 and remained so until July 1897. The appointment of a municipal secretary was sanctioned by the Madras Government in 1898.<ref name="hemingwayp263" />
The [[municipality]] of Tiruchirapalli was inaugurated by the Town Improvements Act 1865 on 1 November 1866 and included the civil station as well as the Trichinopoly Cantonment. The municipality originally consisted of two ex-officio and nine nominated members.<ref name="hemingwayp263">[[#Hemingway|Hemingway]], p 263</ref> Elections to the council were introduced in 1877 and the first chairman was elected in 1889.<ref name="hemingwayp263" /> Elections were stopped in September 1895 and remained so until July 1897. The appointment of a municipal secretary was sanctioned by the Madras Government in 1898.<ref name="hemingwayp263" />
Following the [[Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms]], an Indian mayor was elected from 1921. The first Indian mayor was probably the Indian national congress independence activist, [[F. G. Natesa Iyer]]- who was also an officer with the [[South Indian Railway Company]], the largest industrial enterprise, then in Trichinopoly.<ref>{{cite news | first=S. P. | last=Saravanan | title = Salem, more like a vast urban village| quote =F.G. Natesa Iyer, who was a senior official of the South Indian Railway Company, was the first elected Indian chairman of Tiruchi Municipality.  | newspaper = The Hindu | date = 2 November 2015 | url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/salem-more-like-a-vast-urban-village/article7832866.ece |access-date=16 November 2018 }}</ref>
Following the [[Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms]], an Indian mayor was elected from 1921. The first Indian mayor was probably the Indian national congress independence activist, [[F. G. Natesa Iyer]]- who was also an officer with the [[South Indian Railway Company]], the largest industrial enterprise, then in Trichinopoly.<ref>{{cite news | first=S. P. | last=Saravanan | title = Salem, more like a vast urban village| quote =F.G. Natesa Iyer, who was a senior official of the South Indian Railway Company, was the first elected Indian chairman of Tiruchi Municipality.  | newspaper = The Hindu | date = 2 November 2015 | url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/salem-more-like-a-vast-urban-village/article7832866.ece |access-date=16 November 2018 }}</ref>
Indian independence activist [[P. Rathinavelu Thevar]] served as the Chairman of Trichinopoly municipality for a record five terms from 1924 to 1946. Thevar's tenure was, however, highly controversial and he was dismissed in 1934 for administrative irregularities.<ref name="rajp280">{{cite book|title=Congress and the Raj: Facets of the Indian Struggle 1917 - 47|authors=D. A. Low, Raja Kanta Ray|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2006|page=280|ISBN=978-0-19-568367-7}}</ref> Thevar's rival [[T. S. S. Rajan]] accused him of instigating [[anti-Brahmin]] and [[Islamophobia|anti-Muslim]] violence in the city.<ref name="rajp280" /><ref name="indianexpress_19360815">{{cite news|title=Dr. Rajan defends his apparent indiscipline|work=[[Indian Express]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_MA-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6461,2350429&hl=en|date=15 August 1936}}</ref>
Indian independence activist [[P. Rathinavelu Thevar]] served as the Chairman of Trichinopoly municipality for a record five terms from 1924 to 1946. Thevar's tenure was, however, highly controversial and he was dismissed in 1934 for administrative irregularities.<ref name="rajp280">{{cite book|title=Congress and the Raj: Facets of the Indian Struggle 1917 - 47|authors=D. A. Low, Raja Kanta Ray|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2006|page=280|ISBN=978-0-19-568367-7}}</ref> Thevar's rival [[T. S. S. Rajan]] accused him of instigating [[anti-Brahmin]] and [[Islamophobia|anti-Muslim]] violence in the city.<ref name="rajp280" /><ref name="indianexpress_19360815">{{cite news|title=Dr. Rajan defends his apparent indiscipline|work=[[Indian Express]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_MA-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6461,2350429&hl=en|date=15 August 1936}}</ref>


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There were demands to merge Tiruchi and Srirangam municipalities in September 1930 and October 1933. Rathinavelu Thevar submitted a memorandum to [[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen|Lord Goschen]] requesting the upgrading of Tiruchi to a municipal corporation and extending it up to [[Manachanallur]].<ref name="indianexpress_19331007">{{cite news|title=Trichy Municipal Amalgamation|work=Indian Express|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DYk-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=80sMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6234,3295615&hl=en|date=7 October 1933}}</ref> Tiruchirappalli was eventually designated [[municipal corporation]] in 1994 through the merger of Srirangam and Golden Rock municipalities as per the Tiruchirapalli City Municipal Corporation Act 1994.<ref name="panchayatirajp80">{{cite book|title=A handbook for panchayati raj administration (Tamil Nadu)|page=80|first=Ganapathy|last=Palanithurai|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2007|ISBN=978-81-8069-340-3}}</ref> The municipal corporation currently covers an area of 164.70&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and comprises 65 wards and 4 administrative zones: [[Srirangam]], [[Ariyamangalam]], [[Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli|Golden Rock]] and [[Abhishekapuram]].<ref name="townplanning">{{cite web|title=Town Planning Department|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/town.php|publisher=Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
There were demands to merge Tiruchi and Srirangam municipalities in September 1930 and October 1933. Rathinavelu Thevar submitted a memorandum to [[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen|Lord Goschen]] requesting the upgrading of Tiruchi to a municipal corporation and extending it up to [[Manachanallur]].<ref name="indianexpress_19331007">{{cite news|title=Trichy Municipal Amalgamation|work=Indian Express|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DYk-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=80sMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6234,3295615&hl=en|date=7 October 1933}}</ref> Tiruchirappalli was eventually designated [[municipal corporation]] in 1994 through the merger of Srirangam and Golden Rock municipalities as per the Tiruchirapalli City Municipal Corporation Act 1994.<ref name="panchayatirajp80">{{cite book|title=A handbook for panchayati raj administration (Tamil Nadu)|page=80|first=Ganapathy|last=Palanithurai|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2007|ISBN=978-81-8069-340-3}}</ref> The municipal corporation currently covers an area of 164.70&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and comprises 65 wards and 4 administrative zones: [[Srirangam]], [[Ariyamangalam]], [[Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli|Golden Rock]] and [[Abhishekapuram]].<ref name="townplanning">{{cite web|title=Town Planning Department|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/town.php|publisher=Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
 
== Structure==
==Structure==
The Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation Council, the legislative body, comprises 100 councillors elected from each of the 65 wards and is headed by the Worshipful [[Mayor]] assisted by a [[Deputy Mayor]].<ref name="citymunc">{{cite web|title=About city municipal corporation|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/aboutc.php#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation|access-date=2011-05-15}}</ref> The executive wing is made up of seven departments: general administration, revenue, town planning, engineering, public health, information technology and personnel and is headed by a City Commissioner. The Commissioner is assisted by a city engineer, a city health officer, two executive engineers for the east and west sections, and Assistant Commissioners for personnel, accounts and revenue departments, a public relations officer, and an Assistant Commissioner for each of the four zones.<ref name="orgchart">{{cite web|title=Organizational chart|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/orgchart.php#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation|access-date=2011-05-15}}</ref>
The Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation Council, the legislative body, comprises 100 councillors elected from each of the 65 wards and is headed by the Worshipful [[Mayor]] assisted by a [[Deputy Mayor]].<ref name="citymunc">{{cite web|title=About city municipal corporation|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/aboutc.php#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation|access-date=2011-05-15}}</ref> The executive wing is made up of seven departments: general administration, revenue, town planning, engineering, public health, information technology and personnel and is headed by a City Commissioner. The Commissioner is assisted by a city engineer, a city health officer, two executive engineers for the east and west sections, and Assistant Commissioners for personnel, accounts and revenue departments, a public relations officer, and an Assistant Commissioner for each of the four zones.<ref name="orgchart">{{cite web|title=Organizational chart|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/orgchart.php#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation|access-date=2011-05-15}}</ref>
 
===List Of Corporation Commissioners===  
=== List Of Corporation Commissioners ===
*Thiru. S.Ramaiah, B.A 01.06.1994 to 05.10.1994
* Thiru. S.Ramaiah, B.A 01.06.1994 to 05.10.1994  
*Thiru. Swaran Singh, I.A.S 05.10.1994 to 10.12.1995
* Thiru. Swaran Singh, I.A.S   05.10.1994 to 10.12.1995  
*  T. Subramanian 10.12.1995 to 02.01.1996
*  T. Subramanian                         10.12.1995 to 02.01.1996  
*  M. Abdullahsha, I.A.S 03.01.1996 to 29.05.1996
*  M. Abdullahsha, I.A.S                 03.01.1996 to 29.05.1996  
*  A.J. MD.Mirza, B.E 30.05.1996 to 20.06.1996
*  A.J. MD.Mirza, B.E                     30.05.1996 to 20.06.1996  
*  Apurva varma, I.A.S 21.06.1996 to 19.02.1997
*  Apurva varma, I.A.S                     21.06.1996 to 19.02.1997  
*  G. Pitchai, B.Sc 20.02.1997 to 20.08.1997
*  G. Pitchai, B.Sc                         20.02.1997 to 20.08.1997  
*  P. Muthu Veeran, M.Sc 21.08.1997 to 10.06.2001
*  P. Muthu Veeran, M.Sc                 21.08.1997 to 10.06.2001  
*  S. Karuthiah Pandian, I.A.S 11.06.2001 to 20.06.2002
*  S. Karuthiah Pandian, I.A.S             11.06.2001 to 20.06.2002  
*  R. Venkatesan, I.A.S 27.06.2002 to 19.02.2003
*  R. Venkatesan, I.A.S                 27.06.2002 to 19.02.2003  
*  Anand Patil, I.A.S 16.03.2003 to 01.06.2004
*  Anand Patil, I.A.S                     16.03.2003 to 01.06.2004  
*  Harmander Singh, I.A.S 19.07.2004 to 19.06.2006
*  Harmander Singh, I.A.S                 19.07.2004 to 19.06.2006  
*  S. Rajamohammed, B.E 19.06.2006 to 22.06.2006
*  S. Rajamohammed, B.E                     19.06.2006 to 22.06.2006  
*  B. Balachandran, M.Sc 22.06.2006 to 18.09.2007
*  B. Balachandran, M.Sc                 22.06.2006 to 18.09.2007  
*  T.T. Balsamy, M.A 19.09.2007 to 31.07.2011
*  T.T. Balsamy, M.A                     19.09.2007 to 31.07.2011  
*  K. Veera Raghava Rao, I.A.S 01.08.2011 to 01.03.2012
*  K. Veera Raghava Rao, I.A.S             01.08.2011 to 01.03.2012  
*  K. R. Selvaraj, M.Sc 05.03.2012 to 26.05.2012
*  K. R. Selvaraj, M.Sc                     05.03.2012 to 26.05.2012  
*V.P.Thandapani, B.Sc., M.A.,(D.P.P.Tech) 27.05.2012 to 07.01.2015
* V.P.Thandapani, B.Sc., M.A.,(D.P.P.Tech) 27.05.2012 to 07.01.2015
*M.Vijaya Lakshmi, B.Sc., HDC, PGDUM 08.01.2015 to 22.03.2016
* M.Vijaya Lakshmi, B.Sc., HDC, PGDUM     08.01.2015 to 22.03.2016
*N.S.Prema, M.A.,B.Ed.,M.B.A.,A.P.G.D.U.M.,23.03.2016 to 31.08.2016
* N.S.Prema, M.A.,B.Ed.,M.B.A.,A.P.G.D.U.M.,23.03.2016 to 31.08.2016
*  N.Ravichandran, M.Sc., M.Ed 01.09.2016 to 04.11.2019
*  N.Ravichandran, M.Sc., M.Ed             01.09.2016 to 04.11.2019
*  S.Sivasubramanian, B.Sc., B.L., 06.11.2019 to 13.07.2021
*  S.Sivasubramanian, B.Sc., B.L.,         06.11.2019 to 13.07.2021
*  P.M.N.Mujibur Rahuman, B.Sc., 14.07.2021 to
*  P.M.N.Mujibur Rahuman, B.Sc.,         14.07.2021 to
===Divisions ===
 
=== Divisions ===
The civic administration of the city is divided into four zones - Abhishekapuram, Ariyamangalam, Golden Rock and Srirangam.<ref name="orgchart" /> The engineering department, however, is divided into two zones - East and West.<ref name="orgchart" /> The zones and the wards which come under each of them have been listed below.
The civic administration of the city is divided into four zones - Abhishekapuram, Ariyamangalam, Golden Rock and Srirangam.<ref name="orgchart" /> The engineering department, however, is divided into two zones - East and West.<ref name="orgchart" /> The zones and the wards which come under each of them have been listed below.
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| Abhishekapuram || 75 - 100 || 25 || P. Subramaniam (i/c)<ref name="abishekapuram">{{cite web|title=Corporation Assistant Commissioner Profile|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/profile4.php?ulvl=Administrator&z=4#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
| Abhishekapuram ||75 - 100||25||P. Subramaniam (i/c)<ref name="abishekapuram">{{cite web|title=Corporation Assistant Commissioner Profile|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/profile4.php?ulvl=Administrator&z=4#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
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| Ariyamangalam || 26-50 || 25 || K.Padmavathy<ref name="ariyamangalam">{{cite web|title=Corporation Assistant Commissioner Profile|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/profile4.php?ulvl=Administrator&z=2#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
|Ariyamangalam||26-50||25||K.Padmavathy<ref name="ariyamangalam">{{cite web|title=Corporation Assistant Commissioner Profile|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/profile4.php?ulvl=Administrator&z=2#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
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| Golden Rock || 51-75|| 25 || M. Dhayanithi<ref name="goldenrock">{{cite web|title=Corporation Assistant Commissioner Profile|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/profile4.php?ulvl=Administrator&z=1#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
|Golden Rock||51-75||25||M. Dhayanithi<ref name="goldenrock">{{cite web|title=Corporation Assistant Commissioner Profile|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/profile4.php?ulvl=Administrator&z=1#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
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| Srirangam || 1-25 || 25 || A. Rengaraju <ref name="srirangam">{{cite web|title=Corporation Assistant Commissioner Profile|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/profile4.php?ulvl=Administrator&z=3#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
|Srirangam||1-25||25||A. Rengaraju <ref name="srirangam">{{cite web|title=Corporation Assistant Commissioner Profile|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/profile4.php?ulvl=Administrator&z=3#menu|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation}}</ref>
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==Functions==
== Functions ==
Water supply is provided by the Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation.<ref name="waterservices">{{cite web|title=Water supply-Trichy Corporation|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/watersupply.php|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation|access-date=2011-05-19}}</ref> Of the six headworks from which the city gets its water supply, four are maintained by the municipal corporation and the rest by other agencies.<ref name="slbp4">[[#SLB Results Workshop|SLB Results Workshop]], p 4</ref> Apart from the [[Gandhi Market|Gandhi market]], [[Central Bus Station, Tiruchirappalli|Central Bus terminus]] and the [[Chathiram Bus Station, Tiruchirappalli|Chathiram bus terminus]], solid waste management in the city is handled by the corporation.<ref name="slbp4" /> About 400 tonnes of solid waste are released from city every year.<ref name="thehindu_20040815">{{cite news|title=Waste management programme begins|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081513990300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125183654/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081513990300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 January 2013|date=15 August 2004|access-date=2011-05-21}}</ref> The principal [[Landfill|garbage dumping ground]] is at [[Ariyamangalam]].<ref name="thehindu_20100312">{{cite news|title=Corporation to go in for scientific closure of garbage dump|work=The Hindu|first=S.|last=Ganesan|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/article236840.ece|date=12 March 2010|access-date=2011-05-21}}</ref> Recently, the Tiruchirappalli city corporation has gone in for scientific closure of the garbage dump and its replacement with a [[Sewage treatment|sewage treatment plant]].<ref name="thehindu_20100312" /> Waste water management in the Trichy-Srirangam under ground drainage (UGD) areas are handled by the [[Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board]] (TWAD) and in other areas by the Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation.<ref name="slbp4" /> The high toxicity of the waste water released by the Trichy Distilleries and Chemicals Limited (TDCL) is a major cause of concern for the corporation.<ref name="environmentalhealthp92">{{cite book|title=Environmental health|volume=13|page=92|publisher=Central Public Health Engineering Research Institute|year=1991}}</ref> The corporation's annual expenditure for the year 2010-11 is estimated to be Rs. 155.94 crores.<ref name="thehindu_20110129">{{cite news|title=AIADMK, MDMK councillors stage walk-out; allege neglect of wards|date=29 January 2011|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012961270300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202154654/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012961270300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2011-05-21}}</ref> The corporation also maintains public parks in Tiruchirappalli city, notable among them being the P. T. Rajan Park, Chinnaswamy Park, Lourdusamy Park, Raja Park, Parangiri Velusamy Park and Ibrahim Park.<ref name="thehindu_20110427">{{cite news|title=Once blooming parks, now shrivelled for maintenance|first=S.|last=Ganesan|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/27/stories/2011042763350300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808085609/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/27/stories/2011042763350300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 August 2011|date=27 April 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2011-05-27}}</ref>
Water supply is provided by the Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation.<ref name="waterservices">{{cite web|title=Water supply-Trichy Corporation|url=http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/watersupply.php|publisher=Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation|access-date=2011-05-19}}</ref> Of the six headworks from which the city gets its water supply, four are maintained by the municipal corporation and the rest by other agencies.<ref name="slbp4">[[#SLB Results Workshop|SLB Results Workshop]], p 4</ref> Apart from the [[Gandhi Market|Gandhi market]], [[Central Bus Station, Tiruchirappalli|Central Bus terminus]] and the [[Chathiram Bus Station, Tiruchirappalli|Chathiram bus terminus]], solid waste management in the city is handled by the corporation.<ref name="slbp4" /> About 400 tonnes of solid waste are released from city every year.<ref name="thehindu_20040815">{{cite news|title=Waste management programme begins|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081513990300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125183654/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081513990300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 January 2013|date=15 August 2004|access-date=2011-05-21}}</ref> The principal [[Landfill|garbage dumping ground]] is at [[Ariyamangalam]].<ref name="thehindu_20100312">{{cite news|title=Corporation to go in for scientific closure of garbage dump|work=The Hindu|first=S.|last=Ganesan|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/article236840.ece|date=12 March 2010|access-date=2011-05-21}}</ref> Recently, the Tiruchirappalli city corporation has gone in for scientific closure of the garbage dump and its replacement with a [[Sewage treatment|sewage treatment plant]].<ref name="thehindu_20100312" /> Waste water management in the Trichy-Srirangam under ground drainage (UGD) areas are handled by the [[Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board]] (TWAD) and in other areas by the Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation.<ref name="slbp4" /> The high toxicity of the waste water released by the Trichy Distilleries and Chemicals Limited (TDCL) is a major cause of concern for the corporation.<ref name="environmentalhealthp92">{{cite book|title=Environmental health|volume=13|page=92|publisher=Central Public Health Engineering Research Institute|year=1991}}</ref> The corporation's annual expenditure for the year 2010-11 is estimated to be Rs. 155.94 crores.<ref name="thehindu_20110129">{{cite news|title=AIADMK, MDMK councillors stage walk-out; allege neglect of wards|date=29 January 2011|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012961270300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202154654/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012961270300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2011-05-21}}</ref> The corporation also maintains public parks in Tiruchirappalli city, notable among them being the P. T. Rajan Park, Chinnaswamy Park, Lourdusamy Park, Raja Park, Parangiri Velusamy Park and Ibrahim Park.<ref name="thehindu_20110427">{{cite news|title=Once blooming parks, now shrivelled for maintenance|first=S.|last=Ganesan|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/27/stories/2011042763350300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808085609/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/27/stories/2011042763350300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 August 2011|date=27 April 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2011-05-27}}</ref>
==List of mayors ==
 
== List of mayors ==
The first elections for the post of mayor were held in 1996, two years after Tiruchirappalli's upgradation to a municipal corporation.<ref name="thehindu_20111002">{{cite news|title=DMK fields Vijaya Jayaraj as candidate for Mayor's post|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/article2506115.ece|date=2 October 2011|work=The Hindu}}</ref>
The first elections for the post of mayor were held in 1996, two years after Tiruchirappalli's upgradation to a municipal corporation.<ref name="thehindu_20111002">{{cite news|title=DMK fields Vijaya Jayaraj as candidate for Mayor's post|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/article2506115.ece|date=2 October 2011|work=The Hindu}}</ref>
* Punithavalli Palaniyandi (25.10.1996–10.02.2001)
*Punithavalli Palaniyandi (25.10.1996–10.02.2001)
* Emily Richard (Mayor Incharge) (11.02.2001-24.10.2001)
*Emily Richard (Mayor Incharge) (11.02.2001-24.10.2001)
* [[Charubala Tondaiman]] (25.10.2001–24.10.2006)
*[[Charubala Tondaiman]] (25.10.2001–24.10.2006)
* [[Charubala Tondaiman]] (25.10.2006–02.06.2009)
*[[Charubala Tondaiman]] (25.10.2006–02.06.2009)
* S. Sujatha (03.06.2009–24.10.2011)
*S. Sujatha (03.06.2009–24.10.2011)
* [[A. Jaya]] (25.10.2011–24.10.2016)
*[[A. Jaya]] (25.10.2011–24.10.2016)
 
==See also==
== See also ==
* [[Municipal corporation (India)]]
* [[Municipal corporation (India)]]
* [[List of municipal corporations of India]]
* [[List of municipal corporations of India]]
* [[Municipal governance in India]]
*[[Municipal governance in India]]
 
==Further reading==
== Further reading ==
*<cite id="Hemingway">{{cite book|title=Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.13345|first=F. R.|last=Hemingway|year=1907|publisher=Government Press}}</cite>
* <cite id="Hemingway">{{cite book|title=Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.13345|first=F. R.|last=Hemingway|year=1907|publisher=Government Press}}</cite id>
==References ==
 
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