Civic Administration
The civic administration of the city is under multiple hands. They are
- Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC)
- Adityapur Municipal Council (AMC)
- Jugsalai Municipality and
- Mango Notified Area Committee (MNAC)
- Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO), a Tata Steel subsidiary
JNAC is divided into two parts, one is the Tata lease area while the other is the non-Tata lease area. The leased area which is 41 km² is managed by JUSCO while the rest is managed by JNAC itself.
AMC looks after the 49 km2 of Adityapur region comprising the residential as well the industrial belt. MNAC looks after the residential regions of Mango and Pardih, 18 km2 in area.
The government is considering creating a unified municipal administrative body called the Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration or JUA. The proposed body would comprise the areas currently under the Jamshedpur Notified Area, Adityapur Municipal council, Mango Notified Area, Jugsalai Municipality and the towns of Parsudih, Ghorabanda, Chhota Govindpur, Gamharia, Gadra, Sarjamdah, Haludbani, Kitadih, Nandup and Bagbera, which are a part of the Jamshedpur Block. The JUA would cover an area of 149 km square
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