Hyderabad Urban Development Authority

Hyderabad Urban Development Authority
Agency overview
Formed	1975
Preceding agency	part of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad;
Dissolved	2008
Superseding agency	HMDA;
Type	Urban Planning Agency
Jurisdiction	Hyderabad Metropolitan Region
Headquarters	Hyderabad, India; 17°21′57″N 78°28′33″E
Ministers responsible	-, Chief Minister; -, Roads and Buildings; Asaduddin Owaisi, Member of Parliament India;
Agency executives	-, Chairman; -, Vice Chairman;
Parent agency	Government of Telangana
Website	http://www.hmda.gov.in/huda/index.html

The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) was created in 1975, vide an act of the State Assembly of Andhra Pradesh. Its jurisdiction was expanded in 2008 by merging it with the surrounding mandals to form the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. Devireddy Sudheer Reddy was the Chairman of HUDA from 2004 to 2008.

Called HUDA from its 1975 foundation to 1980, the body was called the Bhagyanagar Urban Development Authority (BUDA or BDA) for 1980-1981, then reverted back to the original name Hyderabad Urban Development Authority after 1981 until its dissolution in 2008.

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