Over a year after creation, Kolathur taluk expanded

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A twelvemonth aft a caller taluk was created successful Chennai territory with Kolathur arsenic its superior successful August 2024, the State authorities has precocious expanded the taluk’s jurisdiction from 6.24 sq.km. to 11.84 sq.km.

Since its enlargement by 5.6 sq. km, the taluk’s colonisation has accrued from 3.78 lakh to 4.59 lakh.

Kolathur taluk, which had lone 3 gross villages — Kolathur, Peravallur and Siruvallur — would present person Ayanavaram - I, Konnur, Sembium, and Chinna Sembarambakkam gross villages, pursuing the reorganisation of boundaries.

Taluks reduced

Ayanavaram, Aminjikarai and Perambur taluks person go smaller by one, 2 and 1 gross villages respectively.

The State government’s determination was “based connected a study from the Chennai Collector, recommendations of the Commissioner of Revenue Administration, and successful presumption of the payment of the wide public.”

In August 2024, Ayanavaram taluk was bifurcated, and Kolathur taluk was created with 3 gross villages to guarantee that payment programmes reached the beneficiaries effectively.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Revenue Administration had successful December 2024 and May this twelvemonth referred to a connection by the Collector seeking to reorganise the caller Kolathur taluk by including much gross villages from Ayanavaram and Perambur taluks to payment the wide public. The State authorities accepted the connection and issued orders.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had successful August past twelvemonth inaugurated the bureau for the caller taluk. Though determination are norms for creating a caller taluk, arsenic per the authorities bid issued by the Revenue Department issued connected June 9, 2003, they could beryllium relaxed if the country acrophobic progressive areas successful metropolitan areas successful Chennai, hilly areas successful the Nilgiris and areas that were aboriginal included successful Kanniyakumari districts.

Published - November 01, 2025 11:49 p.m. IST

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