Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) was established on February 1st. 1978 by the State Government of Gujarat. The prime objective of the AUDA’s formation was to carry out the sustained planned development of the area falling outside the periphery of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
The important functions of the Authority include the preparation of physical plan for the Development of Ahmedabad Urban Agglomeration, to prepare the draft Town Planning Schemes, to implement the revised Town Planning Schemes and to monitor and control the development activities in accordance with the Revised Development Plan. Besides, it is also responsible for the development of the infrastructures like road, sewerage, water supply and other basic civic amenities.