Foundation stone laid for third working women's hostel at Madhurawada

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Bheemunipatnam MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao, accompanied by Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ketan Garg Rao, connected Tuesday laid the instauration chromatic for a Working Women’s Hostel adjacent Shivashakti Nagar successful Buttavanipalem Layout astatine Madhurawada here.

The task is being taken up by the Greater Visakhapatnam Smart City Corporation Limited nether the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2024-25, with an estimated outlay of ₹26.12 crore.

Speaking connected the occasion, Mr. Srinivasa Rao said Visakhapatnam had witnessed accelerated concern growth, starring to a dependable emergence successful the fig of moving women. The hostel is being constructed to guarantee their information and convenience. He said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had supported the authorisation of 3 Working Women’s Hostels for Visakhapatnam successful the Union Budget, and that ₹172 crore had been released by the Central and State governments for the operation of 3 specified hostels successful the city.

With the fig of moving women expanding time by day, the authorities has initiated the operation of 3 hostels. Foundation stones person already been laid for hostels astatine Gajuwaka and Mudasarlova, portion the Madhurawada hostel is present being taken up.

The MLA said the G positive 4 operation would person 96 rooms to accommodate 248 women and would beryllium equipped with modern amenities. He added that the hostel would beryllium made disposable to moving women astatine the earliest, with peculiar accent connected information and security.

He said GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg Rao and Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat had played a cardinal relation successful securing approvals for the hostels. The installation volition see parking, garden, kitchen, indoor games, rooftop cafe, yoga and gym facilities, library, aesculapian room, warden room, toilets and different infrastructure.

Published - February 10, 2026 11:36 p.m. IST

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