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The Andhra Pradesh authorities has constituted a six-member High-Level Working Group to accelerate reforms successful municipality planning, research, and capableness gathering nether the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Department. The sheet has been formed arsenic portion of the Memorandum of Understanding signed connected September 26, 2025, betwixt the section and the School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada (SPAV), an Institution of National Importance nether the Ministry of Education.
The radical comprises 3 elder officials from the section — the Additional Director successful the Office of the Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, who volition service arsenic Chairman; the Additional Director of the Directorate of Town and Country Planning; and the Chief Technical Officer of APUIAML — on with 3 nominated module members from SPAV. The collaboration is aimed astatine strengthening planning, governance, and task mentation crossed Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Urban Development Authorities (UDAs), and related agencies.
Principal Secretary S. Suresh Kumar said connected Monday that the concern would bring world expertise straight into municipal systems, facilitating evidence-based planning. He issued G.O. Rt No. 1319 constituting the group.
