Visakhapatnam civic body mulls building garage for maintaining its fleet of vehicles

The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is planning to set up a garage for maintenance of its fleet of vehicles at the Mudasarlova vehicle yard in the city

The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is planning to set up a garage for maintenance of its fleet of vehicles at the Mudasarlova vehicle yard in the city.

GVMC authorities have estimated that establishment of the facility would require around ₹2 crore. The proposal will be placed for the council’s approval when it next convenes on Friday (April 28).

The proposal is unlikely to face much scrutiny in the council given the GVMC’s fleet of 700 vehicles which have been assigned to various departments.

The civic body has drawn up a 32-point agenda for the council meeting, most of which are related to extension of the services of the staff, construction of roads, drainages, payment of pending bills, allocation of funds for repairs of vehicles which were already done.

The authorities have proposed the naming of a junction after the late Gudivada Gurunadha Rao in Gajuwaka. Similarly, a proposal to name Seethakonda viewpoint as YSR viewpoint was included.

Apart from proposing to constitute an 18-member committee to look after the street vendors and hawkers’ zone issues, the GVMC has also proposed to set up 10 vending zones in Zone III and IV. Nine of the proposed zones are between Naval Coastal Battery Junction and China Waltair Road, while another one was proposed near Tenneti Park.

The corporation has also officially put a proposal to consider the beach community guards as contract employees of GVMC.