Most parts of erstwhile Karimnagar to soon be under various Urban Development Authority jurisdictions

Besides constituting the Ramagundam Urban Development Authority, GOs were issued for the expansion of Karimnagar’s Satavahana Urban Development Authority and Vemulawada Temple Development Authority. The government is also considering the idea of setting up the Jagtial Urban Development Authority.

Karimnagar: Except for a few villages, almost all areas in the erstwhile Karimnagar district will soon be under the jurisdiction of different urban development authorities (UDA) with the State government deciding to set up more UDAs.

Besides constituting the Ramagundam Urban Development Authority, GOs were issued for the expansion of Karimnagar’s Satavahana Urban Development Authority and Vemulawada Temple Development Authority. The government is also considering the idea of setting up the Jagtial Urban Development Authority.

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GO 188 was issued by merging 147 villages in SUDA, which existed with Karimnagar Municipal Corporation and Kothapalli municipality. According to the new GO, Huzurabad, Jammikunta and Choppadandi municipalities would also come under SUDA. Besides these municipalities, 147 villages would also come under it.

Similarly, Vemulawada Temple Development Authority (VTDA), which was constituted for the development of Vemulawada temple, has been expanded to the entire Rajanna-Sircilla district. Besides Vemulwada municipality, 11 villages existed in VTDA. GO 184 was issued by merging Sircilla municipality as well as 152 revenue villages falls under Vemulawada rural, Boinpalli, Ellanthakunta, Yellareddypet, Veernapalli, Mustabad, Ghambiraopet, Chandurthy, Rudrangi and Konaraopet mandals.

On the other hand, the Ramagundam Urban Development Authority (RUDA) was constituted along with the entire Ramagundam assembly constituency and some areas in Peddapalli, Manthani and Dharmapuri segments. In this regard, GO 165 was issued.

Besides Ramagundam Municipal Corporation, Peddapalli, Sultanabad and Manthani municipalities and 198 villages falls in Peddpalli, Julapalli, Anthergoan, Palakurthy, Dharmaram, Eliged, Oded, Sultanabad, Manthani, Ramagiri, Kalwasrirampur, Mutharam and Kamanpur mandals would come under RUDA.

The proposal to constitute the Jagtial Urban Development Authority is with the government. The government may take a decision very soon.

When compared to gram panchayats, taxes will automatically go up in urban development authorities, a former sarpanch of a model gram panchayat in Peddapalli district said, adding that the new urban development authorities were seen as attempts by the State government to increase its revenue.