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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. City has
prepared different plans for
improving services and to
nullify gap between services and
demands.
Agra city is of historic
importance, which is amply
evident from 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.
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