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7 Town Panchayats upgradation
April 3 , 2025
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- Tamil Nadu government has upgraded seven town panchayats to municipalities.
- The town panchayats of Polur, Chengam, Kanniyakumari, Sankagiri, Kothagiri, Avinashi, and Perundurai have been officially designated as municipalities.
- The municipalities have been declared under provisions of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998.
- The state government has created 10 new corporations and 31 municipalities in the last four years.
- As many as 149 panchayats, 4 municipalities, and 5 town panchayats are in the process of being merged with 16 corporations.
- Once the merging and upgrading process is completed, the state will totally have 25 of the municipal corporations including the Greater Chennai Corporation, 146 municipalities, and 491 town panchayats in the state.
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