Urban Development Directorate (Uttarakhand)

Urban Development Directorate
Agency overview
JurisdictionUttarakhand
HeadquartersUrban Development Directoratet, 31/62, Rajpur Road, Indira Market, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Nitin Singh Bhadauria (IAS), Director (Urban Development Directorate)
WebsiteOfficial Website

Urban Development Directorate (UDD)[1] is the administrative department in the state of Uttarakhand. It is an autonomous state government agency responsible for urban planning and development control. There are 92 Urban Local Bodies in the state of Uttarakhand i.e. 8 Municipal Corporations, 41 Municipal Councils and 43 Town Panchayats.

The objective of Urban Development Directorate is to improve the quality of life in Uttarakhand and on preservation of their heritage.[2] There are four major schemes by Urban Development Directorate (UDD)

Schemes

  • Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT): The purpose of AMRUT is to provide basic services like Sewerage, Drainage, Water Supply, Urban Transport and build amenities in cities. Mission cities of AMRUT are Dehradun, Haridwar, Roorkee, Rudrapur, Haldwani, Kashipur and Nainital. The total population of AMRUT cities are 1509253 which consists of 49.49% of the state's urban population as per 2011 Census.
  • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan-Urban: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was initiated by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. It includes building toilets in each household, arrangement of dustbins for garbage, daily cleaning of roads, parks and other puplic places.
  • Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY): The primary mission of PMAY is to provide affordable houses to everyone by 2022. Subsidized cost, affordable houses in partnership with puplic and private sectors, promotion of houses to weaker section are the main benefits of PMAY. The mission is to provide EWS (30 sq meter), LIG (60 sq meter), MIG-1 (90 sq meter), MIG-2 (110 sq meter).
  • National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM): The purpose of NULM is to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by providing them employment and skill based opportunities. It provides Skill Development Training and certifications to individual candidates with an ample number of business opportunities.

Administrative officers

Name Designation[3]
Premchand Aggarwal Urban Development Minister
Nitin Singh Bhadauria (IAS) Director
Dr L N Mishra (PCS) Additional Director
Mukta Mishra (PCS) Joint Director
Neelu Chawla (PCS) Deputy Director
Vinod Kumar Assistant Director
Rajiv Pandey Assistant Director/Project Officer (SUDA)
Parveen Kaur Senior Finance Officer
Ravi Pandey Superintendent Engineer
Sahab Singh Assistant Account Officer
Kalika Prasad Bhatt Chief Administrative Officer
Sunil Kumar Chief Assistant

See also

References

  1. ^ "Home: Urban Development Directorate". Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Uttarakhand plans to bring special heritage act to boost preservation". 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Who's Who : Urban Development Directorate".