Urban Development Authorities are statutory civic bodies created for the development of planned infrastructure and housing projects in cities of India. The foundation for current Indian Urban Development Authorities is based on the structure designed during the British colonial era as a result of the Bombay plague in 1896. An Urban Development Authority for each town is created per the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India. The authority consists of planners and bureaucrats who are specialised in civic planning. The officials of the authority work with state governments in town planning activities.

History and objective

Each Urban Development Authority consists of a group of individuals and agencies who are responsible for planning infrastructure development in Indian cities.[1][2] The individuals are specialised in various aspects of town planning activities.[3]

Activities

Urban Development Authority planners are responsible for the following.[4][2][5][6]

  • Ensuring that town planning schemes are implemented.
  • Creating and implementing development plans for notified areas.
  • Creation and implementation of urban area development initiatives like affordable housing and slum-dwellers development.
  • Implementation of Local Area Plans for the improvement of existing areas.
  • Modernising building laws.
  • Promoting transit-oriented development.
  • Inclusion of conversion of heritage buildings in local area plans.
  • Social and economic development planning.

Challenges

The Urban Development Authority planners are faced with following challenges:[7][8]

  • Meeting housing needs of urban settlers.
  • Investment on development initiatives.
  • Resolving drinking water issues.
  • Resolving sanitation issues.

List of authorities

Urban Development Authority exist for the following cities in India.

Andhra Pradesh

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Anantapur Anantapur Anantapuramu–Hindupur Urban Development Authority
2 Eluru Eluru Eluru Urban Development Authority
3 Rajahmundry, Kakinada East Godavari, Kakinada Godavari Urban Development Authority
4 Kurnool Kurnool Kurnool Urban Development Authority
5 Nellore SPSR Nellore Nellore Urban Development Authority
6 Tirupati Tirupati Tirupati Urban Development Authority
7 Vijayawada, Guntur NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority
8 Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Anakapalli Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority
9 Bobbili Vizianagaram Bobbili Urban Development Authority
10 Chittoor Chittoor Chittoor Urban Development Authority
11 Ongole Prakasam Ongole Urban Development Authority
12 Puttaparthy Sri Sathya Sai Puttaparthy Urban Development Authority
13 Srikakulam Srikakulam Srikakulam Urban Development Authority
14 Machilipatnam Krishna Machilipatnam Urban Development Authority
15 Madanapalle Annamayya, Chittoor Palamaner Kuppam Madanapalle Urban Development Authority
16 Kadapa YSR Annamayya Urban Development Authority

Assam

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Guwahati Guwahati Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority
2 Tinsukia Tinsukia Tinsukia Development Authority
3 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh Dibrugarh Development Authority
4 Sivasagar Sivasagar Sivasagar Development Authority
5 Jorhat Jorhat Jorhat Development Authority
6 Nazira Nazira Nazira Development Authority
7 Tezpur Tezpur Tezpur Development Authority
8 Nagaon Nagaon Nagaon Development Authority
9 Jagiroad Jagiroad Jagiroad Development Authority
10 Nalbari Nalbari Nalbari Development Authority
11 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon Bongaigaon Development Authority
12 Silchar Silchar Silchar Development Authority
13 Golaghat Golaghat Golaghat Development Authority
14 Lakhimpur Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur Development Authority
15 Sonari Sonari Sonari Development Authority
16 Diphu Diphu Diphu Development Authority
17 Dergaon Dergaon Dergaon Development Authority
18 Chariali Chariali B. Chariali Development Authority
19 Karimganj Karimganj Karimganj Development Authority
20 Dhubri Dhubri Dhubri-Gouripur Development Authority
21 Mangaldoi Mangaldoi Mangaldoi Development Authority
22 Goalpara Goalpara Goalpara Development Authority
23 Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Development Authority
24 Dhemaji Dhemaji Dhemaji Development Authority
25 Barpeta Barpeta Barpeta Development Authority

Bihar

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Patna Patna Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation
2 Patna Patna Patna Regional Development Authority

Chhattisgarh

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Raipur Raipur Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Pradhikaran

Goa

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Margao Margao South Goa Planning & Development Authority
2 Panaji Panaji North Goa Planning & Development Authority
3 Vasco Da Gama Vasco Da Gama MormuGoa Planning & Development Authority

Gujarat

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority
2 Rajkot Rajkot Rajkot Urban Development Authority
3 Surat Surat Surat Urban Development Authority
4 Vadodara Vadodara Vadodara Urban Development Authority
5 Jamnagar Jamnagar Jamnagar Area Development Authority
6 Bhuj Bhuj Bhuj Area Development Authority
7 Bhavnagar Bhavnagar Bhavnagar Area Development Authority
8 Junagadh Junagadh Junagadh Urban Development Authority
9 Gandhi Nagar Gandhi Nagar Gandhi Nagar Urban Development Authority

Haryana

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Haryana Haryana Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran
2 Haryana Haryana Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation

Karnataka

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Mangalore Mangalore Mangalore Urban Development Authority
2 Mysore Mysore Mysore Urban Development Authority
3 Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Development Authority
4 Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority

Kerala

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Kochi Kochi Goshree Islands Development Authority
2 Kochi Kochi Greater Cochin Development Authority
3 Kollam Kollam Kollam Development Authority
4 Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority
5 Thrissur Thrissur Thrissur Development Authority

Madhya Pradesh

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Indore Indore Indore Development Authority
2 Jabalpur Jabalpur Jabalpur Development Authority
3 Ujjain Ujjain Ujjain Development Authority

Maharashtra

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai City and Industrial Development Corporation
2 Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority
3 Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
4 Nagpur Nagpur Nagpur Improvement Trust
5 Nagpur Nagpur Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority
6 Nashik Nashik Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority
7 Pune Pune Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority

Odisha

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Cuttack Cuttack Cuttack Development Authority

Punjab

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Punjab Punjab Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority

Rajasthan

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Jaipur Jaipur Jaipur Development Authority
2 Jodhpur Jodhpur Jodhpur Development Authority
3 Ajmer Ajmer Ajmer Development Authority

Tamil Nadu

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Chennai Chennai Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
2 Coimbatore Coimbatore Coimbatore Urban Development Authority
3 Salem Salem Salem Urban Development Authority
4 Madurai Madurai Madurai Urban Development Authority
5 Hosur Krishnagiri Hosur Urban Development Authority
6 Tiruppur Tiruppur Tiruppur Urban Development Authority
7 Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli Urban Development Authority

Telangana

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority
2 Nizamabad, Telangana Nizamabad, Telangana Nizamabad Urban Development Authority
3 Karimnagar Karimnagar Satavahana Urban Development Authority
4 Khammam Khammam Stambadri Urban Development Authority
5 Siddipet Siddipet district Siddipet Urban Development Authority

Uttar Pradesh

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Kanpur Kanpur Kanpur Development Authority

Uttarakhand

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Mussoorie Mussoorie Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority

West Bengal

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata Improvement Trust
2 Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
3 Siliguri Siliguri Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority
4 Kolkata Kolkata West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation

Delhi

RankCityDistrictUrban Development Authority
1 Delhi Delhi Delhi Development Authority

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