Official Account of Agra Municipal Corporation City has prepared different plans for improving services and to nullify gap between services and demands.
Agra Nagar Nigam (ANN) is a local government committed to provide basic infrastructure facilities including entertainment facilities to the people of the city. ANN is very well known for the managing the city by using private sector participation as well as introduction of innovative mechanism in management to serve people efficiently. Agra city is of historic importance, which is amply evident fr
om the numerous historical monuments in and around the city. The hindu epic Mahabharata refers to it as ‘Agraban',part of Brij Bhoomi, the homeloan of Lord Krishna. The earliest recorded history of Agra, is its establishment by a local king in 1475. The city was the capital seat of Mughals in ancient times. The heritage of the city is linked with the Mughal dynasty but numerous other rulers also contributec to the rich past of this city. Agra was founded by Sikandar Lodi in the 16 th century. It grew into an important power center under the Delhi Sultan Sikandar Lodi and he shifted his capital from the Delhi in 1504. Babar also stayed in Agra for some time and introduced the concept of square Persian-styled gardens. Emperor Akbar built Agra fort and Jehangir did the beautification with gardens and palaces. The city has a proud possession of “Taj Mahal” the eighth wonder of the world, now declared as World Heritage Site. The post- Mughal era of Agra saw the rule of jats,Marathas and finally the British taking over the city . In addition to its historic importance,Agra is a main center of political, economic, commercial and cultural activities. For a city with million plus population that has grown at more than 25% in last thirty years, the infrastructure development has failed to keep pace with population growth. The city of Agra has several such deficiencies and there is a need to make substantial improvement in basic infrastructure prevailing in the city to raise the standards of health, sanitation, urban environment keeping pace with urbanization and growing population . The importance of Agra city as a leading tourist destination has to be kept in view while designing the system to make the city beautiful, attractive to the tourist visiting the city . The city Agra is situated on the western bank of river Yamuna on National Highway(N-H-2)at about 200 kms. From Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Agra is geographically located at 27 12' North latitudes and 78 12' East longitudes. The maximum temperature of Agra rises to 47 C during peak season and drops to minimum of 3 C during winter season . Agra is a tourist center of international fame. River Yamuna enters the town from the north-east corner, flows towards south for same distance and then turns towards east. The city stretches for 9.0 kms along the river. The land on which the city has developed slopes from west to east in CIS-Yamuna area on the right bank of the river Yamuna.
