Their elected representatives include ward councillors and a presiding officer, Municipal Chairperson.
Town panchayat (Tamil: பேரூராட்சிகள்) is the body of government for areas in transition form ‘rural’ to ‘urban’.
Tamil Nadu is the first state to introduce such a classification in urban local bodies.
Maintenance of clean environment, primary health facilities gain the foremost importance.
Apart from them water supply, roads and buildings, storm-water drains, street lighting, solid waste management, sanitation and bus-stands cum commercial complexes etc are the prime duties of the local bodies.
[20][citation needed] Sources of revenue for these local bodies are mainly from central and state governments.