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 The Madras Municipal Corporation Act, 1919 (as amended) provides the basic statutory authority for the administration now.<ref name="AboutCC"/>
+==Zone==
+===Expansion===
+In October 2011, the expansion process was initiated before the elections to the corporation council in October. In this move, 42 small local bodies, including 9 municipalities, 8 town panchayats and 25 village panchayats, were merged with Chennai Corporation, taking the area up by 140% to 426&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;from the earlier 176&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="CC_HealthInfrastructure"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-14/chennai/28368857_1_local-bodies-tiruvottiyur-corporation-status |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617083359/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-14/chennai/28368857_1_local-bodies-tiruvottiyur-corporation-status |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2013 |title=Bill to expand Chennai passed by TN assembly |date=14 January 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=28 October 2011}}</ref> Some areas have been arbitrarily left out, to the discontent of the residents of those areas.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-10/chennai/30138804_1_local-body-panchayat-muncipality |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728191802/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-10/chennai/30138804_1_local-body-panchayat-muncipality |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2012 |title=Southern suburb angry at being left out of bigger city |date= 10 September 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=28 October 2011}}</ref> The new expanded Corporation of Chennai has 200 wards, an increase of 45 wards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2438559.ece |title=Cities / Chennai : Chennai Corporation set to have 45 more wards |newspaper=The Hindu |date=9 September 2011|access-date=28 October 2011|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Elections were held for the expanded corporation in October 2011.
+The erstwhile municipalities that became a part of expanded [[Chennai]] Corporation are [[Kathivakkam]], [[Tiruvottiyur]], [[Manali, Chennai|Manali]], [[Madhavaram, Chennai|Madhavaram]], [[Ambattur]], [[Maduravoyal]], [[Valasaravakkam]], [[Alandur]] and [[Ullagaram]]–[[Puzhuthivakkam]].
+The erstwhile town panchayats that became a part of expanded Chennai Corporation are [[Chinnasekkadu]], [[Puzhal]], [[Porur]], [[Nandambakkam]], [[Meenambakkam]], [[Perungudi]], [[Pallikaranai]] and [[Sholinganallur]].
+The erstwhile panchayat unions that became a part of expanded Chennai Corporation are [[Edayanchavadi]], [[Sadayankuppam]], [[Kadapakkam, Chennai|Kadapakkam]], [[Theeyampakkam]], [[Mathur, Chennai|Mathur]], [[Vadaperumbakkam]], [[Surapet]], [[Kathirvedu]], [[Puthagaram]], [[Nolambur]], [[Karambakkam]], [[Nerkundram]], [[Ramapuram, Chennai|Ramapuram]], [[Mugalivakkam]], [[Manapakkam]], [[Kottivakkam]], [[Palavakkam]], [[Neelankarai]], [[Injambakkam]], [[Karapakkam]], [[Okkiam Thoraipakkam]], [[Madipakkam]], [[Jalladiampet]], [[Semmanchery]] and Uthandi.
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