Civic administration Suryapet municipality was constituted in 1952. It was upgraded to Grade–II in 1984, Grade–I on 7 November 1998. The area of the municipality is spread over an area of with 48 wards. The present municipal commissioner is V. Surender and the chairman is Perumalla Annapurna. The city also serves as the headquarters of Suryapet mandal in the Suryapet revenue division. Awards Suryapet Municipality became the first waste-compliant city of India in 2003. It had won Green Leaf Award for Best Garbage Disposal in 2007. Suryapet is the first municipality in the country to receive the (ISO 14001-2004 certificate. Suryapet Municipality has won the HUDCO Award under environmental management category. Education The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The medium of instruction followed by schools are English, Telugu and Urdu. Government Medical College at Suryapet, a first after the formation of new districts in the State Swaminarayan Gurukul International School, 48th branch is in Suryapet National Highways NH 65-Pune-Solapur-Hyderabad-Suryapet-Vijayawada NH 365B-Suryapet-Jangaon-Siddipet-Siricilla $Connecting different district Hq's of the state NH 365BB-Suryapet-Khammam-Rajahmundry Transport Road Suryapet Hi-tech Bus station is the fifth largest bus station in Telangana after Hyderabad, Khammam, Karimnagar and Nizamabad bus stations. There are three bus stations in Suryapet. High-Tech Bus station New bus station Old bus station Air Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad is the nearest airport at a distance of 135 km by road. The other airport nearer to Suryapet is Vijayawada International Airport which is at a distance of 160 km by road. See also Suryapet (Assembly constituency) List of cities in Telangana by area List of cities in Telangana by population List of Smart and Amrut Cities in Telangana List of cities in India by area References External links Cities in Telangana Mandal headquarters in Suryapet district