Ponnur Municipality Explained

Ponnur Municipality is the local self government in Ponnur, a town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a Grade–II municipality.^[1]

As the 2011 census of India, the municipality had a population of 59,913, with 16,138 households.^[2]

History

The municipality was constituted in the year 1964 as Grade–III and then got upgraded in the year 1984 as a Grade–II municipality.^[3]

Administration

The jurisdictional area of the municipality is spread over an area of 25.64km2 with 31 municipal and 16 revenue wards.^[4] The Elected Wing of the municipality consists of a municipal council, which has elected members and is headed by a Chairperson.^[5] Whereas, the Executive Wing is headed by a municipal commissioner. The present chairperson of the municipality is Sajja Hemalatha^[6] and the present commissioner is M.Ramesh Babu.^[7]

As per the survey conducted in 2014, there exists 60,600 households. In 2014–15, the total income generated by the municipality was and the expenditure spent was .

Civic works and services

The municipality supplies drinking and irrigation water to the town from the Kommamuru, Poondla and Alwala^[8] channels of Krishna Western Delta system.^[9] by means of borewells, public taps and water treatment plants. A total of 9 MLD (million liters per day) of drinking water is supplied every day. There are 38.35km (23.83miles) of cement concrete roads and 160.8km (99.9miles) of drains and 71.05km (44.15miles) of storm water drains.^[10]

The other infrastructure covers street lights, markets, and burial grounds, and recreational centers like, parks, playgrounds, auditoriums, functional halls and worship centers like temples, mosques and churches. There are both government and private educational institutions from primary to high schools including junior colleges. For public health, the municipality has a Government hospital and many other government and private nursing homes.^[11]

See also

• List of municipalities in Andhra Pradesh

Notes and References

1. Web site: Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs. Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 29 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128175528/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf. 28 January 2016. PDF.
2. Web site: admin . 2023-03-30 . Ponnur Municipality Details . 2024-10-01 . APRationCard . en-GB.
3. Web site: Basic Information of Municipality. Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 5 April 2016.
4. Web site: Basic Information of Municipality. bliccathemes. ponnurmunicipality.com. 2016-04-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133936/http://ponnurmunicipality.com/basic-information-of-municipality-2/. 2016-03-24.
5. Web site: Composition of the Municipality . Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. 4 August 2014.
6. Web site: Chairman Contact. bliccathemes. ponnurmunicipality.com. 2016-04-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324134021/http://ponnurmunicipality.com/chairman-contact-3/. 2016-03-24.
7. Web site: Commissioner Contact. bliccathemes. ponnurmunicipality.com. 2016-04-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324134931/http://ponnurmunicipality.com/chairman-contact-2/. 2016-03-24.
8. Web site:

   PONNUR Municipality

   . cdma.ap.gov.in. 5 April 2016.
9. News: Water woes bog down Bapatla ryots. 29 February 2016. The Hindu. 28 October 2015.
10. Web site: Public services/amenities . Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration. 31 March 2016.
11. Web site:

    PONNUR Municipality

    . cdma.ap.gov.in. 5 April 2016.