# Urban Development Authority (India)

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. The individuals are specialised in various aspects of town planning activities.

## Activities

Urban Development Authority planners are responsible for the following.
* 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:
* 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Patna | Patna | Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation |
| 2 | Patna | Patna | Patna Regional Development Authority |

### Chhattisgarh

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Raipur | Raipur | Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Pradhikaran |

### Goa

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Haryana | Haryana | Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran |
| 2 | Haryana | Haryana | Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation |

### Karnataka

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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 |
| 5 | Bijapur | Bijapur | Bijapur Urban Development Authority |

### Kerala

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Indore | Indore | Indore Development Authority |
| 2 | Jabalpur | Jabalpur | Jabalpur Development Authority |
| 3 | Ujjain | Ujjain | Ujjain Development Authority |

### Maharashtra

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Bhubaneswar | Khordha | Bhubaneswar Development Authority |
| 2 | Cuttack | Cuttack | Cuttack Development Authority |

### Punjab

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Punjab | Punjab | Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority |

### Rajasthan

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Ajmer | Ajmer | Ajmer Development Authority |
| 2 | Bharatpur | Bharatpur | Bharatpur Development Authority |
| 3 | Bikaner | Bikaner | Bikaner Development Authority |
| 4 | Jaipur | Jaipur | Jaipur Development Authority |
| 5 | Jodhpur | Jodhpur | Jodhpur Development Authority |
| 6 | Kota | Kota | Kota Development Authority |
| 7 | Udaipur | Udaipur | Udaipur Development Authority |

### Tamil Nadu

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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 | Mahabubnagar | Mahabubnagar district | Mahabubnagar Urban Development Authority |
| 6 | Warangal | Warangal | Kakatiya Urban Development Authority |
| 7 | Siddipet | Siddipet district | Siddipet Urban Development Authority |
| 8 | Nalgonda | Nalgonda District | Neelagiri Urban Development Authority |
| 9 | Kodangal | Vikarabad District | Kodangal Area Development Authority |

### Uttar Pradesh

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Kanpur | Kanpur | Kanpur Development Authority |

### Uttarakhand

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Mussoorie, Dehradun | Dehradun | Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority |
| 2 | Haridwar, Roorkee | Haridwar | Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority |

### West Bengal

| Rank | City | District | Urban 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

| Rank | City | District | Urban Development Authority |
| 1 | Delhi | Delhi | Delhi Development Authority |