Source : Times of India | Dated : Sep 30, 2024
Chennai: Tambaram and Avadi corporations are set to expand their boundaries by Jan 2025, incorporating 37 village panchayats after the tenure of the panchayat presidents ends this year.
Tambaram corporation, established in 2021, will incorporate 18 villages, including Agaramthen, Medavakkam, Kovilambakkam, Cowl Bazaar, Mudichur, Perumbakkam, Nanmangalam, Pozhichalur, Tirusulam, Ottiyambakkam, Thiruvanchery, Vengaivasal, Madurapakkam, Moovarasampattu, and Sithalapakkam, and grow from 84.7 sq km to 172.34 sq km, nearly one-fourth the size of Greater Chennai Corporation.
Its population will increase from 7.23 lakh to 10.08 lakh.
Deputy Mayor G Kamaraj said the govt approved the Chengalpet district administration’s proposal to include the panchayats that were initially excluded during the corporation’s formation due to the 2019 rural local body elections.
In Avadi, the municipalities of Tiruverkadu, Poonamallee and Tirunindravur will merge along with the village panchayats of Vanagaram, Ayapakkam, Nemilichery, Adayalampattu, Nadukuthagai, Kattupakkam, Senneerkuppam, Varadharajapuram, Nazarethpet, Agaram Mel, Panaveetu Thottam, Parivakkam, Kannapalayam, Sorancheri, Morai, Vellanur, Palavedu, and Meppur. This will increase the corporation’s size from 65 sq km to 188 sq km and its population from 3.46 lakh to 6.95 lakh.