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| purpose = Civic Administration
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| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Yelavarthi Srinivasa Rao
| leader_title2 = Municipal Commissioner
| leader_name2 = M.Seshagiri
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'''Gudivada Municipality''' is the [[Self-governance|local self government]] in [[Gudivada]] of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a special grade municipality, spread over an area of {{Convert|12.67|km2|abbr=on}} with 36 election wards.<ref name="civicbody">{{cite web|title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs|url=http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128175528/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2016}}</ref>

==History==

The municipality was constituted in the year 1927.<ref name=civicbody />

==Governance==
The municipality consists of a chairperson and its wards committee.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend74.htm|website=India Code|publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> [[YSR Congress Party]] won the Gudivada municipal elections in 2014. Yalavarthi Srinivas is the present chairman of the municipality and the vice-chairman is Adapa Venkata Ramana.<ref>{{cite news|title=YSR Congress Claims Three Civic Chief Posts in Krishna|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/YSR-Congress-Claims-Three-Civic-Chief-Posts-in-Krishna/2014/07/04/article2313847.ece|access-date=28 March 2016|work=The New Indian Express|date=4 July 2014|location=Machilipatnam}}</ref> The present municipal commissioner is M.Seshagiri.<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Details of Commissioners and Mayors of Amrut Cities|url=http://amrut.gov.in/writereaddata/AMRUT_Cities-_Contact_details_of_Heads.pdf|website=Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation|publisher=Government of India|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref>

==Civic infrastructure and services==
The city residents rely on [[hand pump]]s and motors for water. The shortage of water made the municipality to take certain measures like, providing new pipelines, construction of two summer storage tanks with a capacity of {{nowrap|1,686 million litres}} and {{nowrap|634 million litres}} etc. The municipality provides 87 litres of water per head everyday.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Venkataramana Rao|first1=G|title=Drinking water not potable in Gudivada|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/drinking-water-not-potable-in-gudivada/article2784697.ece|access-date=28 March 2016|work=The Hindu|date=8 January 2012|location=Gudivada}}</ref> The other works such as, [[sewage]], internal drainage system and road margins are also taken by the authorities.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Venkataramana Rao|first1=G|title=Gudivada needs proper drainage system|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/gudivada-needs-proper-drainage-system/article2846647.ece|access-date=28 March 2016|work=The Hindu|date=31 January 2012|location=Gudivada}}</ref>

''Sri Kodali Venkateswara Rao (Nani) Park'' (or ''Rajendra Nagar Park'') was constructed by the [[Public Works Department]] in 2005 and is maintained by the municipality.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajendranagar Park cries for attention|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/rajendranagar-park-cries-for-attention/article3009037.ece|access-date=14 March 2016|date=13 January 2012|location=Gudivada}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
The city is one among the 31 cities in the state to be a part of water supply and sewerage services mission known as ''[[Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation]] (AMRUT)''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vadlapatla|first1=Sribala|title=Amaravati among 31 AP cities selected for Amruth development|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Amaravati-among-31-AP-cities-selected-for-Amruth-development/articleshow/48431080.cms|access-date=18 December 2015|work=The Times of India|date=11 August 2015|location=Hyderabad}}</ref> In 2015, as per the ''[[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]]'' of the [[Ministry of Urban Development]], Gudivada Municipality was ranked 450th in the country.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sandeep Kumar|first1=S|title=Small towns fare better in Swachh Bharat rankings|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/small-towns-fare-better-in-swachh-bharat-rankings/article7520320.ece|access-date=30 March 2016|work=The Hindu|date=10 August 2015|location=Vijayawada}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Gudivada}}

{{Urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh}}
[[Category:1937 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1937]]
[[Category:Urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh]]

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