
The Department of Urban Development & Housing, Arunachal Pradesh was created on 04.04.1995 vide order OM-1/95(pt) to function as a Nodal Department for formulating policies of Urban Development activities, creation of urban infrastructure, implementation & monitoring of various poverty alleviation programs. Today, the Department is headed by a Chief Engineer-cum-Director with functional 18 (eighteen) divisions throughout the state. The state Govt. has declared the Urban Development Department as the Works Department.
MAIN FUNCTIONS:
- To implement Urban Poverty Alleviation Programmes;
- To provide basic amenities, services ,and property rights to slum dwellers;
- To construct cluster housing schemes for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and Safai Karmacharies;
- To create infrastructure in all 26 (twenty-six) urban centres;
- To maintain Urban Sanitation and Solid Waste Management;
- To implement drainage and sewerage systems in Urban Areas;
- To clear Public streets, places, sewers, etc;
- To allow and manage Government estates in the Capital Town;
- To maintain housing stock;
- To control and regulate real estate development ;
- To control and monitor all activities of State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) and District Urban Development Agencies (DUDAs);
- The matter concerns information and elections of Municipal Boards, Municipal Committees, Town Area Committees, and other Municipalities forms for the town and urban areas; etc.
ROLL OF DIRECTORS
Name | Designation | From | To |
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Sh. A. Morang | Director | Aug 28 1996 | Nov 17, 1999 |
Er. K. Waghe | Director | Nov 18, 1999 | Apr 2,5 2000 |
Er. A. Lego | Director | Apr 2,5 2000 | Nov ,13 2001 |
Sh. S.D. Vaidya | Director | Nov 1,3 2001 | Ja,n 9 2002 |
Sh. R. Ronya | Director | Feb ,8 2002 | Jun 2,5 2002 |
Sh. A. Morang | Director | Jun ,26 2002 | Jun 7, 2005 |
Er. T. Basar | CE cum Director | Jun ,8 2005 | Aug 28, 1996 |