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Alappuzha district (Malayalam: [ɐːlɐpːuɻɐ] ⓘ), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed as Alleppey district on 17 August 1957, the name of the district being changed to Alappuzha in 1990. [5] Alappuzha is the smallest district of Kerala. [6] Alleppey town, the district headquarters, was renamed Alappuzha ...
Under the local self-government system, the district is divided into five statutory towns and development blocks consisting of 71 panchayats. The jurisdiction of a Development Block includes the areas falling in census towns also. [4] There were nine legislative assembly segments in Alappuzha district for the 2011 Assembly elections.
Alappuzha covers an area of 1,414 square kilometres (546 sq mi) and is flanked by 2,195 square kilometres (847 sq mi) of Vembanad Lake, where six major rivers spread out before joining the 80 km coast line of the district. The city of Alappuzha is crisscrossed by a system of canals, which is a part of the National Waterway 3. [22]
The District Officers of the various Departments in the district render technical advice to the collector in the discharge of his duties. The district collector is assisted by an additional district magistrate and deputy collectors. The districts are divided into revenue divisions which comprises several taluks under its jurisdiction.
In the state of Kerala there are various establishments owned, managed and controlled by Government of India.These establishments in Kerala are largely government offices and departments, Public sector undertakings, jointly owned entities, entities in which Government of India has stakes or shareholding, defence and strategic establishments etc.
It was later brought under a trust called "T.D. Medical College Trust", which was headed by the President of the Thirumala Devaswom. The secretary of the trust was Sri. N. V. Prabhu, Thoppil House, Alappuzha. Sri. N. V. Prabhu was the main driving force and founder of the T. D. Medical College, Alappuzha.
The Aroor–Thuravoor Elevated Highway is a 12.75-kilometre-long (7.92 mi), six-lane, elevated highway envisaged to decongest the outskirts of Kochi city and currently under construction in Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. [1] Upon completion, this would be the longest elevated highway in the country. [2] It begins from Aroor and ends at ...
Thuravoor (IPA: [t̪urɐʋuːr̩]) is a gram panchayat in the Pattanakkad Block of Cherthala Taluk of the Alappuzha District, State of Kerala, India. It comes under Aroor Assembly constituency. Thuravoor will lie under Kochi UA in the future.