Chennai Corporation will have 200 wards and 15 zones
Posted on: 09/Sep/2011 1:46:46 AM
The expanded Chennai Corporation will have a total of 200 wards spread across 15 zones. The total area will increase from around 174 sq km to 426 sq km. A Government Order pertaining to the expansion, issued recently, and details of the new ward limits were placed before the Corporation Council on Thursday
In a special urgent Council Meeting held at the Ripon Building, councillors cutting across party lines supported the proposal for better administration.
According to the resolution, the new expanded Chennai Corporation would be having 200 wards with 15 zones.
At present, it has 155 wards and 10 zones. A village panchayat, Edayanchavadi near Minjur, would be the new boundary for the Corporation on the northern side while Uthandi village panchayat on East Coast Road would be its boundary on the southern side.
