Department of Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Tamil Nadu)

The Department of Municipal Administration and Water Supply is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.

Objective
The department is responsible for the development of urban areas in the state and ensuring water supply to all the areas. The department acts through urban local bodies such as municipal corporations, municipalities and town panchayats to enable the same.

Administrative divisions
The local administration under the department consists of 15 municipal corporations, 121 municipalities and 528 town panchayats. Greater Chennai Corporation, established in 1688, is the second oldest in the world and Tamil Nadu was the first state to establish town panchayats as a new administrative unit.

Sub-divisions
The following sub-divisions operate under the department:
 * Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC): Administration and infrastructure development, taxation in Chennai
 * Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA): Administration and infrastructure development, taxation in municipalities and other municipal corporations
 * Directorate of Town Panchayats (DTP): Administration and infrastructure development, revenue, water supply and sanitation in town panchayats
 * Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB): water supply and sanitation in Chennai
 * Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD): Water supply and sanitation in other urban bodies
 * Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL): Financing for urban infrastructure development
 * Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT): Restoration of water bodies in Chennai metropolitan area
 * Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TUFIDCO): Implementation of urban development projects and schemes including Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT
 * New Tirupur Area Development Corporation (NTADC): Development of New Tiruppur area
 * Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company (TNWIC): Implementation of sewerage systems, recycling, desalination, river restoration and industrial effluent management