Mangalagiri Municipality
Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is the local self government in Mangalagiri, Tadepalle towns of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a Municipal Corporation.
Administration
The municipality was established in the year 1969 and has an extent of. Mangalagiri municipality and its outgrowths of Navuluru and Atmakur are a part of Vijayawada urban agglomeration. In March 2021 Mangalagiri Municipality and Tadepalli Municipality are merged and formed Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation.The Elected Wing of the municipality consists of a municipal council, which has elected members and is headed by a Chairperson. Whereas, the Executive Wing is headed by a municipal commissioner.
Mangalagiri municipality has a total of 32 election wards. The below table shows the composition of municipal wards with unreserved and reserved categories. AP government introduced new GO to merge Atmakuru, Nowluru, Bethapudi, Yerrabalem and Chinakakani in Mangalagiri Municipality.
Civic works and services
The municipality works on improving civic needs such as, sewerage, storm water drains, solid waste management, and it even takes care of laying cement roads, providing drinking water, internal road widening etc. The municipality also takes up the process of beautification, which certain works like, tree plantations, maintaining parks, laying dividers and pavements.The town has a water pumping station, which draws water from the nearby Prakasam Barrage and is supplied to the filtration plants for water supply.
Projects
Mangalagiri is one of the seven municipalities, along with Vijayawada and Guntur Municipal Corporations to be a part of a 15 MW waste-to-energy plant project. It is planned to be set up with the collaboration of the JITF Urban Infrastructure Limited.