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Kollam Municipal Corporation
; Kollam Municipal Corporation ; കൊല്ലം മുനിസിപ്പല്‍ കോര്‍പ്പറേഷന്‍; KMC;
Type
Type	; Mayor Council
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	1 October 2000; 18 years ago (2000-10-01);
Leadership
Mayor	; V. Rajendrababu, CPI(M)
Deputy Mayor	Vijaya Francis, CPI
Structure
Seats	55 councils ; 7 Zones; Central Zone-1; ; Central Zone-2; ; Sakthikulangara; ; Vadakkevila; ; Kilikollur; ; Eravipuram; ; Thrikkadavoor; ; ;
Committees	; 8; Development standing committee; ; Education & Sports standing committee; ; Finance standing committee; ; Health & Education standing committee; ; Public works standing committee; ; Tax appeal standing committee; ; Town planning standing committee; ; Welfare standing committee; ;
Elections
Last election	2015 - LDF Won
Last election	2010 - LDF Won
Meeting place
	Corporation Office, Cantonment, Kollam;
Website
	www.kollamcorporation.gov.in

Kollam Municipal Corporation (KMC) is the civic body that governs the City of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is the fourth largest city corporation in the state by population and fifth largest by area. Constituted in 1903 and officially recognized as city corporation in 2000,^[4] the body governs an area of 73.03 square kilometres (28.20 sq mi) centered on Kollam with about 55 wards and a population of 397,419.^[5]

Kollam is the 2nd most revenue generating city in Kerala. As of 2015-16 reports, Kollam has a revenue of Rs.889.74 crore, expenditure of Rs.830 crore and a surplus of Rs.59.73 crore.^[6]^[7]

History

Kollam, known historically as Quilon, was an ancient trade hub and one of the largest port cities in Asia.^[8]^[9] The population density of the coastal belt of Kollam is very high compared to any other city in the state. After the constitution of Kochi as a corporation in 1967, there were intense demands to upgrade the densely populated Kollam City into a city corporation. As a result, on 1 October 2000, Kollam Municipality was upgraded by the Kerala Government to a Municipal Corporation.

The city population of Kollam increased substantially from 139,852 in 1991 to 346,013 in 2011. In 1991, the Vadakkevila, Sakthikulangara, Eravipuram and Kilikollur panchayats were merged with Kollam City. As a result, the area run by the municipal corporation increased from 18.48 square kilometres (7.14 sq mi) to 58.18 square kilometres (22.46 sq mi).^[10] Later in May 2015, Thrikkadavoor panchayath is merged with Kollam city and total population of the city became 397,419 with total area of 73.03 square kilometres (28.20 sq mi).^[11]^[12]

Structure

Kollam Municipal Corporation (KMC)
Mayor	V.Rajendrababu^[13]
Police Commissioner	Arul B. Krishna IPS
Deputy Mayor	Vijaya Francis
Secretary	V. R. Raju

The City Corporation of Kollam has a 55-member council headed by a Mayor assisted by a Deputy Mayor.^[14] On an average, every ward consists of a population of around 7,000. Each ward is represented in the municipal council by an elected councilor. The Kerala Municipalities (KM) Act, 1994, governs all functions in KMC.^[10] Also there are 8 standing committees in the corporation for the ease of smooth governance of the city.^[15] Each and every standing committee is headed by an elected councilor and he will become the chairman of the particular standing committee.^[16]^[17] The standing committees are:

Finance standing committee

Development standing committee

Welfare standing committee

Health & Education standing committee

Public works standing committee

Town planning standing committee

Tax appeal standing committee

Education & Sports standing committee

Zones

Map of Kollam City

For the ease of administration, Kollam Municipal Corporation is divided into 7 zones.^[18] There are zonal offices in each zones of the corporation.

Central Zone – 1, Kollam City Corporation

Central Zone – 2 (Headquartered at Cantonment), Kollam City Corporation

Sakthikulangara Zone, Kollam City Corporation

Vadakkevila Zone, Kollam City Corporation

Kilikollur Zone, Kollam City Corporation

Eravipuram Zone, Kollam City Corporation

Thrikkadavoor Zone, Kollam City Corporation

Councils

Kollam city corporation consists of 55 divisions or councils spread across its 7 zones.

Councils of Kollam Municipal Corporation
No.	Zone:	Wards	No.	Zone:	Wards
1.	Central Zone–1	Thevally Vadakkumbhagam Asramam Uliyakovil Punnathanam Kadappakada Pattathanam Thamarakulam	4.	Eravipuram	Kayyalakkal Koottikkada Valathungal Akkolil Thekkumbhagam Eravipuram Kolloorvila Bharanikavu Thekkevila
2.	Central Zone–2	Mundakkal Udayamarthanadapuram Cantonment Pallithottam Port Kollam Kaikulangara Cutchery Tangasseri	5.	Sakthikulangara	Maruthadi Sakthikulangara Meenathucherry Kavanad Vallikkeezhu Kureepuzha Mulamkadakam Punnathala Thirumullavaram Ramankulangara Vattakkayal Kannimel
3.	Kilikollur	Punnamoodu Koikkal Pallakkadavu Mangad Arunoottimangalam Chathinamkulam Karikkodu College Division Palkulangara Kilikollur	6.	Vadakkevila	Punthalathazham Mulluvila Palathara Manakkadu Pallimukku Ayathil Ammannada Vadakkevila

In 2014, Mrs. Prasanna Earnest, the then Kollam Mayor, had been selected as the Best Lady Mayor of South India by the Rotary Club of Trivandrum Royal^[19]

Functions

As per the Kerala Municipal Act of 1994, the Government of Kerala transferred powers and functions to Local Self-Governments in the year 1995, along with institutions, offices, and functionaries. As per the act, 18 functions are maintained by the Municipal Corporation^[10]^[20]

Regulation of land use and construction of buildings

Roads and bridges

Sanitation and SWM

Slum improvement/upgradation

Urban poverty alleviation

Provision of urban amenities such as parks and playgrounds

Promotion of cultural, educational, and aesthetic aspects

Burial grounds and crematoria

Cattle pounds

Public health - Sewerage, water supply

Registration of births and deaths

Public conveniences including street lighting, parking lots, etc.

Regulation of slaughter houses

Spatial planning (urban and socio-economic planning)

Urban Forestry

Fire fighting

Education

Safeguarding the interests of weaker sections

Kollam City Corporation Election 2015

Election Result-2015

S.No.	Political Front/Party	Number of Corporators
1	LDF	36
2	UDF	16
3	BJP	02
4	Others	1

Mayors of Kollam

Mayors of Kollam
Incumbent	From	Until	Party
Sabitha Beegam	2000	2004	CPI(M)
N. Padmalochanan	2004	2006	CPI(M)
V. Rajendrababu	16 March 2006	8 November 2010	CPI(M)
Prasanna Earnest	9 November 2010	8 November 2014	CPI(M)
Honey Benjamin	27 November 2014	8 November 2015	CPI
V. Rajendrababu	18 November 2015	Present	CPI(M)
Source(s):^[21]^[22]^[21]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[13]

Former Municipal Chairmen of Old Quilon Municipality

Former Municipal Chairmen of Old Quilon Municipality
Incumbent	From	Until
C. Sankara Menon	1921	1922
Barrister Padmanabhapillai	1922	1925
M. R. Govinda Pillai	1925	1927
M. R. Madhava Varrier	1927	1930
Paravoor Narayana Pillai	1930	1932
K. G. Parameswaran Pillai	1932	1948
Palakasseri Raghavan	1948	1952
P. R. Kochukrishna Pillai	1952	1956
K. Kesavan Potti	1956	1960
Sankaranarayanan Potti	1960	1962
T. K. Divakaran	1962	1967
S. Abdul Rahuman Koya	15 March 1967	29 April 1968
N. Thankappan	13 May 1968	7 March 1980
Karumalil Sukumaran	2 June 1980	7 May 1982
K. Thankappan	28 August 1982	22 November 1983
C. Raghavan Pillai	1 December 1983	29 September 1984
Gopalakrishnapillai	26 October 1984	10 April 1985
C. V. Anandabose	26 April 1985	9 July 1987
Neelagangadharan	5 August 1987	4 February 1988
Karumalil Sukumaran	17 November 1988	30 September 1995
K. Thankappan	4 October 1995	1 April 1998
Prof. N. G. Moorthy	4 May 1998	5 October 1999
Uliyakovil Sasi	29 October 1999	30 September 2000
Source(s):^[26]

Kollam Corporation projects under construction/ completed

Chinnakada Underpass and Clocktower

Chinnakada Underpass

Marine Aquarium under construction at Kollam Beach

The Chinnakada underpass is a public road infrastructure project for the city of Kollam as part of the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ease traffic congestion at Chinnakada, the city CBD of Kollam.^[27] The presence of an existing Railway over bridge and three close intersections with heavy traffic limits the option for traffic management measures including junction improvement. That caused the authorities to think about this underpass at Chinnakada. Chinnakada is a complex junction where roads from Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Downtown, Sengottai, Ashramam(Residency Road), Kollam Beach and the City bus stand road meets.

Preliminary design prepared by NATPAC(National Transportation Planning and Research Centre) for the underpass involved the acquisition of 0.08 hectares (0.20 acres) of government land on a temporary basis.^[28] The height of the road passage above the underpass was increased to 5.5 metres (18 ft) from 5 metres (16 ft) to facilitate movement of modern container trucks through the underpass. Underpass has been thrown open to the public by the end of May 2015.^[29]^[30]

Marine Aquarium at Kollam Beach

On 22 June 2014, construction work started on a marine aquarium at Kollam Beach, which is first of its kind in the state of Kerala. The Harbour Engineering Department is constructing the aquarium on the eastern side of the beach on behalf of Kollam Corporation. The foundation stone for the project was laid in March 2014 and it is expected to be complete by December 2014. The single storey aquarium comprises 40 large tanks to hold a diverse collection of marine life and provides an added attraction for visitors to Kollam beach.^[31]

References

^ Municipal Corporations in Kerala - Kollam

^ Kollam Municipal Corporation Details

^ Corporation zonal office, Kollam

^ "Office of the Chief Town Planner". Townplanning.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 2014-06-06..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.

^ "Revenue augmentation gets thrust in Kollam civic budget". The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

^ "Financial Statements - Kollam Municipal Corporation". KMC Official Website. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

^ Ignatius Pereira (2014-02-21). "Emergence of antiques triggers treasure hunt in Kollam". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

^ Ignatius Pereira (2014-02-26). "Shards of the past point to Kollam port's glory days". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

^ ^a^b^c Rapid Baseline Assessment in Kollam City - Ministry of Urban Development Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.

^ "Thrikadavur becomes part of Kollam city". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

^ "Thrikadavur Panchayath". Thrikadavur Panchayath. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

^ ^a^b "CPI(M) rides to power in five of six corporations in Kerala". The Economic Times. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

^ Kollam Corporation Council

^ Committees in Kerala Corporations - Kollam

^ Kollam Corporation Standing Committees

^ Standing panel chiefs elected

^ "Building Permit Management System -Kollam Corporation". Retrieved 16 December 2014.

^ "Award for Kollam Mayor". The Hindu. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

^ Thrust on poverty alleviation in Kollam

^ ^a^b "Hat-trick win for LDF in Kollam Corporation". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

^ "Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company Limited". Juscoltd.com. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

^ "Prasanna Earnest to be Kollam Mayor". The Hindu. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

^ "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". The New Indian Express. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-26.

^ "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". Deccan Chronicle. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-26.

^ "Former Municipal Chairmen". Kollam Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 2018-01-09.

^ Chinnakada underpass: dispute settled

^ ADB Resettlement Planning Document - Chinnakada underpass

^ Chinnakada underpass work to be over by September

^ "Traffic remains messy at Chinnakada - The Hindu". Retrieved 4 June 2015.

^ A home for marine life in Kollam

External links

[1] Municipal Corporations in Kerala - Kollam

[2] Kollam Municipal Corporation Details

[3] Corporation zonal office, Kollam

[4] "Office of the Chief Town Planner". Townplanning.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 2014-06-06..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[Cities1Lakhandabove-5] "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.

[6] "Revenue augmentation gets thrust in Kollam civic budget". The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

[7] "Financial Statements - Kollam Municipal Corporation". KMC Official Website. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

[8] Ignatius Pereira (2014-02-21). "Emergence of antiques triggers treasure hunt in Kollam". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

[9] Ignatius Pereira (2014-02-26). "Shards of the past point to Kollam port's glory days". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

[jnnurm.nic.in-10] Rapid Baseline Assessment in Kollam City - Ministry of Urban Development Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.

[11] "Thrikadavur becomes part of Kollam city". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

[12] "Thrikadavur Panchayath". Thrikadavur Panchayath. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

[The_Economic_Times-13] "CPI(M) rides to power in five of six corporations in Kerala". The Economic Times. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

[14] Kollam Corporation Council

[15] Committees in Kerala Corporations - Kollam

[16] Kollam Corporation Standing Committees

[17] Standing panel chiefs elected

[18] "Building Permit Management System -Kollam Corporation". Retrieved 16 December 2014.

[19] "Award for Kollam Mayor". The Hindu. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

[20] Thrust on poverty alleviation in Kollam

[hat-trick-21] "Hat-trick win for LDF in Kollam Corporation". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

[22] "Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company Limited". Juscoltd.com. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

[23] "Prasanna Earnest to be Kollam Mayor". The Hindu. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

[24] "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". The New Indian Express. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-26.

[25] "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". Deccan Chronicle. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-26.

[26] "Former Municipal Chairmen". Kollam Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 2018-01-09.

[27] Chinnakada underpass: dispute settled

[28] ADB Resettlement Planning Document - Chinnakada underpass

[29] Chinnakada underpass work to be over by September

[30] "Traffic remains messy at Chinnakada - The Hindu". Retrieved 4 June 2015.

[31] A home for marine life in Kollam

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