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CCUDMA Formation
May 29 , 2025
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- The Tamilnadu State government has constituted a seven-member Chennai City Urban Disaster Management Authority (CCUDMA).
- It is formed under Section 41A of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
- The Commissioner of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) would be the ex-officio Chairperson.
- The Chennai Collector is the ex-officio Vice-Chairperson of the CCUDMA.
- Greater Chennai Police Commissioner, GCC Deputy Commissioner (Works), GCC City Health Officer, Chief Executive Officer of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), and the Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Chennai Region, will be the ex-officio members of the panel.
- The constitution of the committee for Chennai followed the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
- This Bill has envisaged the creation of a “separate urban disaster management authority” for State capitals and all cities having a municipal corporation (except Delhi and the Union Territory of Chandigarh).
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