Tehsil municipal administration
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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]