Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Andhra Pradesh

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Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department
Type Governmental organization
PurposeUrban civic governance
Location
Official language
Telugu
Cabinet Minister
Botsa sathyanarayana
Principal Secretary
Sri Lakshmi
Website urban.ap.gov.in/MAUD/Index.html

Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department is one of the governing body of Government of Andhra Pradesh for the purpose of planning and development of urban areas and civic governance. [1] [2] It is headed by Adimulapu Suresh, the cabinet minister of Andhra Pradesh. [3] The present Principal Secretary is Y. Srilakshmi. [1]

The organization comprises 12 departments. They are: [1]

S.No.Departments
1Andhra Pradesh Cleaning and Greening Corporation
2 Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority
3Andhra Pradesh Municipal Development Project (APMDP)
4Andhra Pradesh Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (APUFIDC)
5 Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration (C&DMA)
6Director of Town and Country Planning (DT&CP)
7Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA)
8 Municipal Corporations (GVMC, VMC)
9Public Health Engineering Department (PHED)
10Swachha Andhra Pradesh Corporation
11Urban Development Authorities (UDAs) (VMRDA, TUDA)

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