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About Vijayawada

Vijayawada is a flourishing town of great historic importance. It was one of the important cities early in the Christian era, and was the religious centre for the kingdom of Vengi. Quite a number of antiquities found in and around Vijayawada confirm the city's existence since ages. The Epic of Mahabharata refers to Indrakiladri hills as the place where Arjuna secured "Pasupathastra" from Lord Siva. This historical town has originated on the northern bank of the river Krishna and, by 1855 AD the town was in the form of small settlement on the eastern side of the Indrakiladri hills

The growth of the town picked up momentum after the construction of a barrage and three irrigation canals namely Eluru, Ryves and Bandar canals in 1855 and, the rail bridge over the river Krishna in 1892. The city experienced a modest growth in the pre-independence era; however, after independence the construction of road bridge over the river Krishna, establishment of South-Central Railway terminal, setting up of divisional headquarters, major government offices including district court, major institutions for higher education, major commercial and distributive trading activities, wholesale establishments, agricultural marketing centre and Jawahar auto nagar industrial estate have brought a tremendous effect on the city's growth.                                                                                                                                                                                       Vijayawada, the third largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh after Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, also it is one of the important commercial and transport centres of the state. The city happened to be the headquarters of the taluk for a long time and acted as a point of centrality to many of the districts of the state. Over years the city has grown as a major economic, cultural and administrative nerve centre of coastal Andhra due to its nodal location as an important railway junction of and, also because of National Highway-5 and National Highway-9 traversing the city. The city also has a few places of historic importance. The city is situated at the foot of a low range hills on the northern bank of the river Krishna with its cardinal points as 16° 31' North latitude and 80° 37' East longitude, around 70 km away from the coast. Vijayawada Municipality was set up in the year 1888 with an administrative area of around 30 sq km. The Municipality was upgraded to a selection grade in 1960s and further to a Corporation satus in the year 1981. The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation was spread out over an area of 29.4 sq km. The city zonal development Plan Area presently covers extended areas namely Bhavanipuram, Patamata, Payakapuram, Gun.adala and Kundavari Kandrika also. As per the revenue records, the extent of the present municipal area is 61.88 sq km.The governing body of the Corporation includes elected corporation council members headed by a Mayor for a period of 5 years. For administrative purpose, the Corporation area was earlier divided into 3 Circles and 50 wards. Each ward of the Municipal Corporation is represented by an area corporator. The general administration is under the control of the Commissioner of the Corporation who is assisted by an Assistant Commissioner, Superintending Engineer, City Planner, and Public Health Officer with a host of other officers