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The local administration under the department consists of 15 municipal corporations, 121 municipalities and 528 town panchayats. [2] [3] Greater Chennai Corporation, established in 1688, is the second oldest in the world and Tamil Nadu was the first state to establish town panchayats as a new administrative unit.
The Veeranam Water Supply Project was implemented as an additional source of water to Chennai City. The Project was commissioned in the year 2004 to supply 180 MLD of water to Chennai City by drawing water from Veeranam Lake. This lake receives water from Cauvery River system through Kollidam, Lower Anicut and Vadavar Canal besides rainwater ...
Chennai Smart City Limited (CSCL) is a project part of the Smart Cities Mission in 2015 made to provide smart solutions in making quality of life in Chennai better. The organization focuses on implementing Smart Energy , Smart Water, Smart Environment , Smart Mobility and Smart Technology .
Online bill pay is an electronic payment service offered by many banks, credit unions and bill-pay services. It allows consumers to make various types of payments through a website or app, such as ...
Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board) is a public agency formed by the Government of Tamil Nadu, under the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, assigned with the task of implementing all water supply and sewerage schemes to the state of Tamil Nadu (except the Chennai Metropolitan Area). [1]
The Chennai City Police (Extension to the Chennai City Suburban Area) Act, 2008 54 of 2008 Police [32] 4 The Tamil Nadu Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2008 56 of 2008 Housing and Urban Development [31] 5 The Tamil Nadu Sales Tax (Settlement of Arrears) Act, 2008 60 of 2008 Finance [29] [30] 6 The Tamil Nadu Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2008
The coastal city of Chennai has a metropolitan population of 10.6 million as per 2019 census. As the city lacks a perennial water source, catering the water requirements of the population has remained an arduous task. On 18 June 2019, the city's reservoirs ran dry, leaving the city in severe crisis. [1] [2]
Urban water tariffs were highly affordable according to data from the year 2000. A family of five living on the poverty line which uses 20 cubic meter of water per month would spend less than 1.2% of its budget on its water bill if it had a water meter. If it did not have a water meter and was charged a flat rate, it would pay 2.0% of its budget.