Nellore Urban Development Authority

Nellore Urban Development Authority

Agency overview
Formed	4 November 2016
Type	Urban Planning Agency
Jurisdiction	Government of Andhra Pradesh
Headquarters	Nellore 14.442668°N 79.986882°E / 14.442668; 79.986882
Agency executive	Chairman, Dwarakanath
Website	http://nudaap.org/

The Nellore Urban Development Authority (NUDA) is an urban planning agency spread over the district of Nellore of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[1][2] It was constituted on 1 February 2016, under Andhra Pradesh Metropolitan Region and Urban Development Authority Act, 2016 with the headquarters located at Nellore.[3]

Jurisdiction

The jurisdictional area of NUDA is spread over an area of 1,644.17 km^2 (634.82 sq mi).[4] It covers 156 villages in 21 mandals of Nellore districts. Of these, 19 mandals are from Nellore district with 145 villages. Nellore is the only corporation and municipalities viz., Kavali also a part of NUDA.[1] Kotamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy is the first chairman of NUDA.[5] The current chairman is Mukkala Dwarakanath, who worked as deputy mayor for Nellore Municipal corporation previously.[6]

Nellore Urban Development Authority (NUDA) will cover the areas as mentioned below:-[7]

Sl. No	Name of the Mandal	Number of Villages
1	Kavali(Part)	3
2	Jaladanki(Part)	1
3	Bogole(Part)	4
4	Dagadarthi(Part)	4
5	Alluru(Part)	2
6	Kodavaluru(Part)	11
7	Kovur(Part)	7
8	Nellore Rural (Part)	8
9	T.P. Guduru(Part)	2
10	Muthukur(Part)	14
11	Venkatachalam(Part)	15
12	Manubolu(Part)	9
Total		80

References

1. "Constitution of Nellore Urban Development Authority with headquarters at Nellore". Nellore Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
2. "AP govt announces four new urban development bodies". The Indian Express. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
3. Staff Reporter (19 October 2016). "Four urban development authorities on the way". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
4. "AP govt announces four new urban development bodies". The Indian Express. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
5. "Kotamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy appointed as first NUDA chairman". The Hans India. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
6. "Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department – Andhra Pradesh Metropolitan Region and Urban Development Authorities Act, 2016 (AP Act No.5 of 2016) – Nellore Urban Development Authority (NUDA), Nellore – Appointment of Sri Mukkala Dwarakanath, Chairperson to Nellore Urban Development Authority (NUDA), Nellore - Orders – Issued" (PDF).
7. "Directorate of Town and Country Planning Andhra Pradesh" (PDF).