Besides constituting the Ramagundam Urban Development Authority, GOs have been issued for the expansion of Satavahana Urban Development Authority of Karimnagar and Vemulawada Temple Development Authority. The government is also mulling over the idea of ​​setting up the Jagtial Urban Development Authority.

Karimnagar: With the exception of a few villages, almost all regions of the past Karimnagar The district will soon come under the jurisdiction of different urban development authorities (UDAs) with the state government deciding to create more UDAs.

Besides constituting the Ramagundam Urban Development Authority, GOs have been issued for the expansion of Satavahana Urban Development Authority of Karimnagar and Vemulawada Temple Development Authority. The government is also mulling over the idea of ​​setting up the Jagtial Urban Development Authority.

GO 188 was issued by merging 147 villages of 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. In addition to these municipalities, 147 villages would also fall under this umbrella.

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

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

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

The proposal to constitute the Jagtial Urban Development Authority is in the possession of the government. The government could make a decision very soon.

Compared to gram panchayats, taxes will automatically increase in urban development authorities, said a former sarpanch of a model gram panchayat in Peddapalli district, adding that the new urban development authorities were seen as an attempt by the government to the State to increase its revenues.