# Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation

The Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation (abbr. TCMC; Tamil: தூத்துக்குடி மாநகராட்சி, IAST: Tūttukkuṭi mānakarāṭci) is the governing civic body of Thoothukkudi, the sea gate of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 2008). The corporation is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs. The corporation consists of a legislative and an executive body. The corporation consists of a legislative and an executive body, which is headed by the mayor and assisted by a deputy mayor, while the executive body is headed by a commissioner of the corporation. It consists of 60 wards within the city's limits.
The headquarters of the corporation is located near Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Market at Tamizh Salai, Thoothukkudi.

## History

Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation is one of the 21 municipal corporations in the state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukkudi was constituted as a municipality as per the Town Improvement Act of 1865 on 1 November 1866. It upgraded the status of municipal corporation on 5 August 2008 after 142 years of being a municipality in view of rapid increase in population and extension of administrative boundaries.
The jurisdiction of Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation has been extended in May 2011, to include the areas of the city Corporation, 3 Municipalities, 17 Town Panchayats and 11 Village Panchayats located around the corporation. Consequent to this extension, the total area of the corporation has increased considerably from 13.47 km$^2$. to 90.66 km$^2$. and the numbers of the wards have increased from 51 to 60. The extended Municipal Corporation had a population of 3,72,408 as per 2011 census.

### Linkages and connectivity

It is served by three main roads which radiate to Tiruchendur, Tirunelveli and Madurai. The town is also well connected by two National Highways: NH-138 to Tirunelveli, which it turn connects to NH-44 (Kanniyakumari to Srinagar) and NH-38 to Madurai, the temple-city of Tamil Nadu. The town is also linked with Gulf of Mannar bay.
The town is well connected by rail to other parts of the country with linkage to the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority. The total length of national highways covered in this corporation is 21 km (13 mi) and the length of state highways is about 31.73 km (19.72 mi).

### Topography

The town is located at the longitude 78°13′E and latitude 8°45′N. The topography of the town is almost flat Terrain sloping from west to east direction towards the sea.

### Climate

The maximum temperature during summer is 39 °C and during winter it is 32 °C. Monsoon in Thoothukkudi is normally characterized by heavy rains and thunderstorms.

## Structure

Zones of Thoothukkudi Municipal Corporation are
* Thoothukkudi North
* Thoothukkudi East
* Thoothukkudi West
* Thoothukkudi South

## Departments

| Department | Sub-department |
| Administration | General |
| Administration | Accounts |
| Administration | Zone |
| Engineering | Engineering |
| Engineering | Head Works |
| Health | Health |
| Health | Sanitation |
| Health | Medical |
| Revenue | Revenue |
| Town Planning | Town Planning |

## List of mayors

| No. | Name | Term in office | Term in office | Term in office | Political party | Political party |
| No. | Name | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party |
| 1 | R. Kasthuri Thangam | 5 August 2008 | 24 October 2011 | 3 years, 80 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2 | Sasikala Pushpa | 25 October 2011 | 23 January 2014 | 2 years, 90 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 3 | A. P. R. Antony Grace | 24 September 2014 | 24 October 2016 | 2 years, 30 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 4 | P. Jegan | 4 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 238 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |

## List of deputy mayors

| No. | Name | Term in office | Term in office | Term in office | Political party | Political party |
| No. | Name | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party |
| 1 | S. Thommai Yesuadiyan | 9 August 2008 | 24 October 2011 | 3 years, 76 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2 | P. Xavier | 29 October 2011 | 24 October 2016 | 4 years, 361 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 3 | S. Jenitta | 4 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 238 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |

## List of commissioners

| No. | Name | Term in office | Term in office | Term in office |
| No. | Name | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | R. Lakshmi | 5 August 2008 | 1 September 2009 | 1 year, 27 days |
| 2 | S. Kubendran | 2 September 2009 | 3 January 2011 | 1 year, 123 days |
| – | S. A. Rajagopalan | 4 January 2011 | 10 January 2011 | 6 days |
| 3 | M. Seeni Ajmal Khan | 10 January 2011 | 21 January 2011 | 11 days |
| 4 | Dinesh Ponraj Oliver | 21 January 2011 | 6 March 2012 | 1 year, 45 days |
| 5 | S. Madumathi | 7 March 2012 | 7 April 2014 | 2 years, 31 days |
| – | S. A. Rajagopalan | 7 April 2014 | 10 April 2014 | 3 days |
| 6 | V. K. Shunmugam | 10 April 2014 | 22 May 2014 | 42 days |
| – | S. A. Rajagopalan | 22 May 2014 | 30 May 2014 | 8 days |
| (5) | S. Madumathi | 30 May 2012 | 30 June 2014 | 1 year, 31 days |
| – | S. A. Rajagopalan | 30 June 2015 | 6 July 2015 | 6 days |
| – | S. M. Rakkappan | 6 July 2015 | 8 August 2015 | 33 days |
| 7 | R. Poongodi Arumaikkan | 8 August 2015 | 23 September 2016 | 1 year, 46 days |
| 8 | K. Rajamani | 23 September 2016 | 30 May 2017 | 249 days |
| – | A. Lakshman | 30 May 2017 | 5 June 2017 | 6 days |
| 9 | Alby John Varghese | 5 June 2017 | 20 February 2019 | 1 year, 260 days |
| – | P. Ruban Suresh Ponniah | 21 February 2019 | 24 February 2019 | 3 days |
| 10 | V. P. Jeyaseelan | 25 February 2019 | 8 February 2021 | 1 year, 349 days |
| 11 | Sharanya Ari | 8 February 2021 | 16 June 2021 | 128 days |
| 12 | T. Charusree | 19 June 2021 | 3 February 2023 | 1 year, 229 days |
| 13 | C. Dinesh Kumar | 5 February 2023 | 12 February 2024 | 1 year, 7 days |
| 14 | L. Madhubalan | 15 February 2024 | Incumbent | 256 days |