Namakku Naame Thittam

Namakku Naame Thittam (Urban) People’s participation is essential in civic infrastructure projects and it also brings the sense of ownership among the people. In order to improve the self-support mechanism of public and to enhance increased public participation in creating and maintaining community infrastructures, the Government had launched Namakku Naame Thittam (Urban) and Guidelines for… Continue Reading Namakku Naame Thittam

KNMT

Kalaignar Nagarpura Mempattu Thittam [KNMT]         In Tamil Nadu, there are 14 Corporations (except Greater Chennal Corporation), 121 Municipalities and 528 Town Panchayats. Many schemes taken up in the recent years such as Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT are aimed at improving the infrastructure facilities of Corporations and major towns alone. Smart Cities Mission is being… Continue Reading KNMT

S F C

 FINANCE COMMISSION  5TH STATE FINANCE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND RELEASE OF GRANTS  Each State has to constitute a State Finance Commission once in Five Years to review the financial position of the local bodies as per 73rd & 74th Constitutional Amendments and as envisaged in Article 243 I and 243 Y of the Constitution of India… Continue Reading S F C

Street Light

Provision of Street lighting is one of the important basic functions of every local body. All the 14 Corporations (except Chennai) and 121 Municipalities in the State maintain 7.87 Lakh street lights. The maintenance of Street Lights consumes a sizeable portion of financial resources of the ULBs. Many innovative initiatives like replacement of existing conventional… Continue Reading Street Light

Smart Cities

Smart Cities The Government of India launched Smart Cities Mission on 25.06.2015. The objective of the Smart Cities Mission is to promote sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and an application of “Smart Solutions”. The Smart City consists… Continue Reading Smart Cities

AMRUT

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)        Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is to ensure the basic infrastructure such as drinking water facilities, waste water and sewage disposal management, storm water drains, non-motorized transport, parks and green spaces. Cities having population more than 1 lakh, towns of religious… Continue Reading AMRUT

Street Lights

        Provision of Street lighting is one of the important basic functions of every local body. All the 14 Corporations (except Chennai) and 121 Municipalities in the State maintain 7.87 Lakh street lights. The maintenance of Street Lights consumes a sizeable portion of financial resources of the ULBs. Many innovative initiatives like replacement of existing… Continue Reading Street Lights

Combined Development and Building Rules 2019

Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules 2019 In order to implement the functions of Urban Planning including Town Planning and Regulation of Land use and Building Constructions mentioned in 74th C.A.A, New Combined Building Rules applicable to Corporations/Municipalities/Town Panchayats and Village Panchayats have been prepared and notified as “Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules… Continue Reading Combined Development and Building Rules 2019

Water Supply

Water Supply Access to and provision of safe drinking water to every household in the ULB has been one of the primary concerns of the Government.  Ensuring equitable and adequate supply of safe drinking water and its effective delivery is a major challenge for the ULBs.  To  achieve  the above primary  objective, the Government  has … Continue Reading Water Supply