Dharmavaram 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 ...
of the city of
Dharmavaram, located 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 ''selection grade municipality''.
History
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 1964. along with the Kadiri Municipality in Anantapur District
Administration
The municipality is spread over an area of and has 40 election wards.
The present chairperson of the municipality is Lingam Nirmala and the commissioner is B.Rama Mohan.
Awards and achievements
In 2015, it 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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, Dharmavaram Municipality was ranked 224th 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
1964 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
Government agencies established in 1964
Municipalities of Andhra Pradesh
Urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh
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