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Part1 - Andhra Pradesh Municipal Development Project Website

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Comprehensive Planning of Water Supply Service improvements In the following ULBs(1) Ananthapur <strong>Municipal</strong> Corporation, (2) Chittoor <strong>Municipal</strong>ity and (3) Badvel <strong>Municipal</strong>ityDPR Final – Ananthapur M. C. – Environmentb. Ananthapur falls within the Rayalaseema region of the State. The area is famous for its silk tradeindustry. There are imposing forts in its periphery that indicates the reminiscences of the royalty.There are many ancient temples in and around the town. The <strong>Municipal</strong>ity has been up graded to thelevel of Corporation from April 2005. The town is well connected by road and railways. The NH 7passes through the town. The Ananthapur being drought prone district, many migrations took placeto the town leading to evolution of slums. There are 43 notified slums with 14968 households havinga population of 68,388. Population of 12 non-notified slums is 3164 and has 781 households. Thetown is split up into 50 Election Wards and 28 Revenue wards. The <strong>Municipal</strong>ity has estimated thatthe town has a floating population of about 30,000 per day.c. Location of Ananthapur district and municipal area of Anantapur is shown in Figure 1.Figure 1.3: Map of Ananthapur District and <strong>Municipal</strong> Area2

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