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The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation is in charge of the civic administration and infrastructure of the city of Vijayawada. The corporation was formed in 1981 by upgrading from municipality status. Many other neighbourhoods were later merged into the corporation limits to a total area of 61.88 km2 (23.89 sq mi), located in Krishna district. It is adjoined by the Legislative capital of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. It was also been part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation is divided into 77 wards. Each ward is headed by a corporator, elected by popular vote. The corporators elect The City Mayor who is the titular head of the corporation. Its executive powers lie with the Municipal Commissioner appointed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission monitors the municipal elections that are held in the city once in every five years. The last elections were held on 10 March 2021.[1]
The Vijayawada City Police, established in 1983, is the law and order enforcement agency. Vijayawada Police commissionerate jurisdiction is divided into six police zones and is extended in an area of 1211.16 Sq. km, including the neighbouring areas.[2] The Vijayawada Traffic Police is headed by a Deputy Commissioner who is answerable to the Vijayawada City Police Commissioner.[3] The present Police commissioner is Kanthi Rana Tata IPS .
Vijayawada is the headquarters of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority. The metropolitan area covers Vijayawada municipal corporation and merged villages of Ramavarappadu, Prasadampadu, Enikepadu, Nidamanuru, Done Atkuru, Gudavalli, Kesarapalle, Ajjampudi, Buddavaram, Gannavaram, Nunna, Pathapadu, Phiryadi Nainavaram, Ambapuram, Jakkampudi, Buddavaram, Ambapuram, Yenamalakuduru, Kanuru, Tadigadapa, Poranki, Penamaluru[4].The urban agglomeration spread in Guntur district covers Tadepalle Municipality and its outgrowth of Undavalli; Mangalagiri Municipality and its outgrowths of Navuluru and Atmakur.[5] Headquarters of many state government offices and buildings are situated in the city, including the Raj Bhavan. As per the G.O. 104 (dated:23-03-2017), the state government had declared Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and its contiguous areas as a metropolitan area of Vijayawada.[6] The city contains three Andhra Pradesh assembly constituencies and a constituency of the Lok Sabha, i.e., Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency).
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies will go to polls on March 10, counting on 14th". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Vijayawada City Police – VijayawadaPolice". Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Why compulsory helmet rule not being implemented in city?". The Times of India. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Staff Reporter. "Vijayawada, 19 other contiguous areas notified as Metropolitan Area". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Name of Urban Agglomeration and its State constituent Units-2011" (PDF). Census of India. p. 11,22–23. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to Government Order Issue Register". goir.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 27 March 2017.