Tehsil municipal administration
A Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) is an organization associated with each tehsil [1] of Pakistan. TMAs are responsible for spatial planning and municipal services, and work closely with union councils.[2]
Responsibilities
Key functions of a TMA include:
- Monitoring and supervising the performances of government offices and reporting to the district government
- Spatial planning
- Executing and managing development plans
- Controlling land development
- Enforcing laws, rules, and bye-laws
- Maintaining databases and information systems
- Collecting taxes, fines, and penalties
- Organizing recreational events
- Coordinating between village and neighborhood councils
- Regulating markets
- Developing and managing schemes in collaboration with the district government
- Creating strategies for developing infrastructure, improving service delivery, and implementing laws
- Preparing and presenting reports on tehsil administration performance
- Calling for reports from tehsil-based offices of government[3]
By region
- TMAs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa must be carried out in accordance with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ A tehsil is a local administrative division in Pakistan.
- ↑ Shafqat, Adila (2011). "The role of the municipality in waste water management in Bahawalpur city". Management of Environmental Quality. 22 (3): 282–291. doi:10.1108/14777831111122879.
- 1 2 "Tehsil and Town Municipal Administration". Local Government Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 2018-04-25.