Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation Vizianagaraṁ nagara pālaka Sanstha విజయనగరం నగర పాలక సంస్థ
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of the Vizianagaram
History
Founded	2015
Leadership
Mayor	Vempadapu Vijayalakshmi (YSRCP)
Deputy Mayor	Muchu Laya Yadav (YSRCP) Kolagatla Sravani (YSRCP)
Floor leader	SVV Rajeswara rao (Rajesh) (YSRCP)
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	Government (49)   YSRCP (48)   IND (1) Opposition (1)   TDP (1)
Elections
Voting system	First Past the Post
Last election	10 March 2021
Next election	2026
Website
Vijayanagaram Municipal Corporation

Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Vizianagaram in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The municipality was first constituted in the year 1888 and was upgraded to corporation on 9 December 2015. ^{[1] [2]} Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762. ^[3] Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner.

Contents

• Jurisdiction
• 2021 ordinary elections
• List of Mayors
• Functions
• Revenue sources
• Revenue from taxes
• Revenue from non-tax sources
• Revenue from taxes 2
• Revenue from non-tax sources 2
• References

Though, it was upgraded to corporation, it continues to be a municipality till the expiry of its present elected council. ^[4]

Jurisdiction

The corporation is spread over an area of 57.01 km² (22.01 sq mi). ^[1]

List of Mayors

S.No.	Party name		Symbol	Won	Change
1		YSR Congress Party		48
2		Telugu Desam Party		1
3		Independents		1

Functions

Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation is created for the following functions: ^{[5] [6]}

• Planning for the town including its surroundings which are covered under its Department's Urban Planning Authority .

• Approving construction of new buildings and authorising use of land for various purposes.

• Improvement of the town's economic and Social status.

• Arrangements of water supply towards commercial,residential and industrial purposes.

• Planning for fire contingencies through Fire Service Departments.

• Creation of solid waste management,public health system and sanitary services.

• Working for the development of ecological aspect like development of Urban Forestry and making guidelines for environmental protection.

• Working for the development of weaker sections of the society like mentally and physically handicapped,old age and gender biased people.

• Making efforts for improvement of slums and poverty removal in the town.

Revenue sources

The following are the Income sources for the Corporation from the Central and State Government. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

References