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{{Infobox legislature
| name = Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation
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| foundation = {{start date and age|2021}}
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| leader1_type = [[Mayor]]
| leader1 =K. Saravanan
| leader2_type = [[Deputy Mayor]]
| leader2 =S. P. Tamizhazhagan
| leader3_type = [[Municipal Commissioner]]
| leader3 =M. Senthil Murugan
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| website = {{URL|www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/kumbakonam/}}
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'''Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation''' is the civic body governing city of [[Kumbakonam]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipal Corporation]] mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras ([[Chennai]]) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay ([[Mumbai]]) and Calcutta ([[Kolkata]]) by 1762.<ref name="May ref5">{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Anupam |title=City Mayors: Indian Mayors |url=http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/indian-mayors.html |access-date=29 October 2021 |publisher=citymayors.com}}</ref> Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation is headed by [[Mayor]] of city and governed by [[Municipal commissioner (India)|Commissioner]].

== History and administration ==

Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation in Thanjavur district<ref name="ku ref6">{{cite news |title=Central region hails expansion plan for Trichy, Thanjavur corpns {{!}} Trichy News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/central-region-hails-expansion-plan-for-trichy-thanjavur-corpns/articleshow/85607050.cms |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Times of India |date=25 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> was formed on 20 December 2021 and is the 21st municipal corporation of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="ku ref1">{{cite news |title=Government of Tamil Nadu Gazette ordinance|url=https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/tamil-nadu/2022/Act%20No.%206%20of%202022%20Tamil%20Nadu.pdf|access-date=20 December 2021 |publisher=PRS India |date=21 January 2022 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="ku ref2">{{cite news |last1=Shanmughasundaram |first1=J |title=Tambaram, Kancheepuram and four other municipalities to be corporations {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tambaram-kancheepuram-to-be-among-six-new-corporations-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/85594405.cms |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Times of India |date=24 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ku ref5">{{cite news |title=Tambaram, Kancheepuram to become Municipal Corporations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tambaram-kancheepuram-to-become-municipal-corporations/article36077265.ece |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Hindu |date=24 August 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation will include Darasuram town panchayat and 13 panchayats adjacent to the place.<ref name="ku ref4">{{cite news |title=GO issued for new Corporation formation in Kumbakonam |url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/10/16013351/1323808/GO-issued-for-new-Corporation-formation-in-Kumbakonam.vpf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204024738/https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/10/16013351/1323808/GO-issued-for-new-Corporation-formation-in-Kumbakonam.vpf |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2021 |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=dtNext.in |date=16 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ku ref7">{{cite news |title=Ahead of polls to urban local bodies, TN to have six more corporations, 28 new municipalities |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/aug/24/ahead-of-polls-to-urban-local-bodies-tn-to-have-six-more-corporations-28-new-municipalities-2349214.html |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=24 August 2021}}</ref> The place is driven spiritually through many important temples.<ref name="ku ref11">{{cite news |title=Kerala robot to clean up: Kerala robot to clean up Tamil Nadu temple town {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kerala-robot-to-clean-up-tamil-nadu-temple-town/articleshow/65214368.cms |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Times of India |date=31 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation has a Commissioner,<ref name="ku ref6" /> a Mayor, a Council, a Standing Committee, and a Wards Committee for facilitating various works.

== Factors driving Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation ==

Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation is driven by following factors:<ref name="ku ref3">{{cite news |title=Tamil Nadu: Corporation status for Tambaram, five more municipalities {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/corporation-status-for-tambaram-five-more-municipalities/articleshow/85605899.cms |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Times of India |date=25 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ku ref6" /><ref name="ku ref15">{{cite news |last1=Renganathan |first1=L. |title=Kumbakonam Municipality turns 150 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kumbakonam-municipality-turns-150/article8242630.ece |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Hindu |date=16 February 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

* Population Growth.
* Increase in annual Income.
* Improvement of Roads.
* Providing drinking water.
* Improving landscape.
* Improving employment opportunities.<ref name="av ref11">{{cite news |title=TN govt set to implement urban employment scheme |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/tn-govt-urban-employment-scheme-7572428/ |access-date=2 December 2021 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=15 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* Improving relations between police and public.
* Waste management.<ref name="ku ref9">{{cite news |last1=Renganathan |first1=L. |title=Kumbakonam Municipality adopts bio mining, reclaims garbage dump |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kumbakonam-municipality-adopts-bio-mining-reclaims-garbage-dump/article8477773.ece |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Hindu |date=15 April 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
* Arranging facilities during natural calamities.
* Establishing industrial units.
* Providing sewage connection.
* [https://www.genrobotics.com/ProductPages/bandicoot Clean Sanitation].<ref name="ku ref8">{{cite news |last1=Karthik |first1=Deepak |title=First in TN: Kumbakonam gets Bandicoot, a semi-automatic robot to clean manholes {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/first-in-tn-kumbakonam-gets-bandicoot-a-semi-automatic-robot-to-clean-manholes/articleshow/65090780.cms |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Times of India |date=22 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ku ref17">{{cite news |title=Robotic scavenger ‘Bandicoot’ would soon be cleaning sewers – Find out more about this product of a Kerala-based start-up |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/robotic-scavenger-bandicoot-would-soon-be-cleaning-sewers-find-out-more-about-this-product-of-a-kerala-based-start-up/1264891/ |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Financial Express |date=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="ku ref10">{{cite news |last1=Asokan |first1=Mamtha |title=‘Bandicoot’ to put an end to manual scavenging by cleaning sewers {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/bandicoot-to-put-an-end-to-manual-scavenging-by-cleaning-sewers/articleshow/70221253.cms |access-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=The Times of India |date=15 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation local body polls ==
Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation will get a mayor and municipal council through local body polls.<ref name="ku ref7" />

== See also ==
* [[List of municipal corporations in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.kumbakonamonline.in/city-guide/administration-in-kumbakonam official website]

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[[Category:Municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu]]
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