Administration of Kozhikode city

Kozhikode city is administered by the Kozhikode Corporation, headed by a mayor. For administrative purposes, the city is divided into 75 wards,[1] from which the members of the corporation council are elected for five years.

Expansion of the city

Recently neighbouring suburbs Beypore, Elathur, Cheruvannur and Nallalam were merged within the municipal corporation.

Kozhikode Municipal Corporation
Mayor Thottathil Raveendran
Deputy Mayor Meera Darsak
Member of Parliament M.K.Raghvan
District Collector Prasanth Nair IAS
Police Commissioner Smt.Uma Behra IPS

History

Kozhikode Corporation is the first City Corporation in Kerala after the creation of the state. Established in 1962, Kozhikode Corporation's first mayor was H Manjunatha Rao. Kozhikode corporation has four assembly constituencies – Kozhikode North, Kozhikode South, Beypore and Elathur – all of which are part of Kozhikode.[2]

2015 City Elections

S.No. Party Name Party symbol Number of Corporators
01 LDF 47
02 UDF 21
03 BJP 07
04 Independents 0

New Initiatives

Mr. Prasanth Nair, the district administrator of Kozhikode has launched the following initiatives in the district during the Congress period. The new left government that came to power in 2016, permitted him to continue in power because of the popularity of the projects. [3]

  1. Operation Sulaimani : Providing food with dignity for those who cannot afford a meal through contributions from the public.
  2. Project 4 N : Maintenance of roads through public participation.
  3. Savari Giri Giri : To enable students to travel in buses with dignity.
  4. Compassionate Kozhikode:[4] The brand name for plethora of initiatives launched by the District Administration in partnership with civil society, Government agencies and citizens, who volunteer to make Kozhikode an authentic and inspirational destination for them to live and invite others to visit and experience it.

Law and order

The Kozhikode City Police is headed by a commissioner, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. The city is divided into six zones each under a circle officer. Apart from regular law and order, the city police comprises the traffic police, bomb squad, dog squad, fingerprint bureau, women's cell, juvenile wing, narcotics cell, riot force, armed reserve camps, district crime records bureau and a women's station.[5] It operates 16 police stations functioning under the Home Ministry of Government of Kerala.

References

  1. ↑ "Kozhikode Corporation, Councillors" (PDF). kozhikode corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency redrawn Delimitation impact, The Hindu 5 February 2008
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/how-a-kerala-collector-became-a-facebook-hit/article8576768.ece
  4. ↑ http://compassionatekozhikode.in
  5. ↑ "Kozhikode City Police". Kozhikode City Police. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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