Ayodhya Municipal Corporation
The Ayodhya Municipal Corporation, also called Ayodhya Nagar Nigam, is the governing civic body of the cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
History
Local self-government for Ayodhya and Faizabad was introduced in 1865. The two cities were administered jointly as a municipality. The joint municipality was split on 7 January 1978 into Ayodhya Municipal Council and Faizabad Municipal Corporation. The Government of Uttar Pradesh made an order in May 2017, merging the two municipal corporations as Ayodhya Municipal Corporation. The governance framework, jurisdiction and function of municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh are governed by the UP Municipalities Act 1916, and the UP Municipal Corporations Act 1959. The election for the governing body is conducted by the State Election Commission, which has its office in Faizabad.The Uttar Pradesh state government established an agency called the Ayodhya-Faizabad Development Authority on 2 November 1985, "to enhance the level of sustainable development of the historic twin cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad." In 2018, the Ayodhya–Faizabad Development Authority approved a proposal to add. The agency is now called the Ayodhya Development Authority. The Ayodhya Development Authority produced the Ayodhya Master Plan 2031. The first phase of the plan added and 65 villages. The second phase added 189 villages from Basti and Gonda districts, increasing the area governed by the municipal corporation to, and would be expected to increase the population to 1.4 million by 2031.