Date:10/04/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/10/stories/2005041007600400.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Corporation status for Karimnagar

KARIMNAGAR, APRIL 9. The State Government issued orders upgrading the Karimnagar Municipality into a corporation last night.

The Karimnagar Municipality was constituted in 1952 as a third grade municipality. In 1957 it was upgraded into a second grade municipality, a first grade municipality in 1987, a special grade municipality in 1993, a selection grade municipality in 1999 and now into a corporation in 2005. The Minister for Endowments, M. Satyanarayana Rao, was instrumental in the upgradation of the municipality into a corporation. Though, the Government had decided to upgrade the Karimnagar Municipality last year along with the Cuddapah Municipality, the decision was kept in abeyance following opposition by TDP and BJP.