Aurangabad CIDCO
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Aurangabad CIDCO (औरंगाबाद सिडको) is a planned city in Maharashtra state, India.
Indian politician Rafiq Zakaria contested the first election of the newly created Maharashtra state in 1962, from Aurangabad and was elected to Maharashtra assembly. He was made Minister for Urban Development in the new ministry. It was due to his efforts that planning for New Aurangabad was initiated. The responsibility for the new city was given to City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) which started development in the 1970s. Thus Aurangabad CIDCO was conceived and developed into a modern city.
New Aurangabad (as the project was known) is the second most successful project to be undertaken by CIDCO after Navi Mumbai.