GVMC chief calls year in office as professionally rewarding

VISAKHAPATNAM

Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner Ketan Garg said connected Monday that his past twelvemonth successful bureau had been highly satisfying and professionally rewarding.

Speaking astatine the Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) programme, wherever elder officials felicitated him connected completing 1 year, Mr. Garg credited the corporate effort of the GVMC squad for the city’s progress.

Highlighting cardinal milestones, the Commissioner noted that securing astir ₹1,500 crore from the Central and State governments for large infrastructure projects was a important achievement. Key initiatives introduced during his tenure see Project Sarathi, Operation Lungs, astute thoroughfare vending zones, and 3 hostels for moving women.

Mr. Garg besides highlighted the reorganisation of GVMC into 10 zones and the city’s planetary designation successful the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge 2025. He affirmed that the civic assemblage would proceed moving to alteration Visakhapatnam into a cleanable and citizen-friendly city.