Adoni Municipality is the
local self-government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-l ...
in
Adoni
Adoni is a city in the Kurnool district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Adoni mandal, administered under the Adoni Revenue Division. In the 2011 census of India, Adoni had a population of 166, ...
, a city in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. It is classified as a ''special grade'' ''municipality''.
Administration
The
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
was formed in the year 1865. It is spread over an area of and has 41 municipal wards.
The ''Elected Wing'' of the municipality consists of a
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
, which has elected members and is headed by a
Chairman.
Whereas, the ''Executive Wing'' is headed by a
municipal commissioner.
The present
municipal commissioner of the city is B.Sreekanth and the chairperson is Kuruba Sarojamma.
The municipality has approximately, 32,856–33,071 households. In 2013–14, the total income generated by the municipality was and the expenditure spent was .
Awards and achievements
The city is one among the 31 cities in the state to be a part of water supply and sewerage services mission known as ''
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was renamed to Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and then relaunched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in June 2015 with the focus to establish infrastructure tha ...
(AMRUT)''. In 2015, as per the ''
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'' of the
Ministry of Urban Development
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, Adoni Municipality was ranked 148th in the country.
See also
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List of municipalities in Andhra Pradesh
The article lists all the urban local bodies, covering municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The statistical data is based on Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of And ...
References
1865 establishments in India
Government agencies established in 1865
Urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh
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