GVMC initiated 2,703 development works worth ₹409.69 crore in 2021, says Municipal Commissioner

‘42 Urban Primary Health Centres will be set up’

Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner G. Lakshmisha said that during the year 2021, the civic body has initiated 2,703 development works worth ₹409.69 crore. Out of them, as many as 1,554 works were completed, while 231 works are in progress. While 306 works are yet to be initiated, about 612 works are still in tender stage. The Commissioner was delivering the speech as part of 73rd Republic Day Celebrations at the GVMC office here on Wednesday.

He said that as many as 4,456 Ward Secretariats, 10,126 Ward Volunteers have been providing 543 various services of the government to the people through 578 Ward Sachivalayams in the civic body limits. He said that as part of YSR Urban Primary Health Clinics, about 42 new Urban Primary Health Centres are coming up in the GVMC limits. The Commissioner also said that around 95 % works of the Waste-to-Energy Plant have been completed. He also said that as part of Smart City projects initiative, 45 projects with a budget of ₹373 crore were completed, while 12 other projects worth ₹343 crore are yet to be completed.