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In presumption of the Dasara festival, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has decided to temporarily intermission Operation Lungs 2.0 initiative, GVMC Chief City Planner A. Prabhakara Rao said successful a merchandise connected Thursday.
He said that the thrust being carried retired crossed the GVMC limits is successful the involvement of Visakhapatnam’s development. However, successful presumption of the Dasara festivities, the cognition volition beryllium enactment connected clasp temporarily. He appealed to encroachers to voluntarily region their encroachments.
“It has travel to the GVMC’s announcement that successful immoderate places wherever encroachments were already cleared, traders person resumed businesses astatine the aforesaid spots. The Corporation requested that specified encroachments beryllium removed instantly and voluntarily,” helium said.
Jana Sena Party (JSP) Corporator (Ward 22), PLVN Murthy accused the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) for politicising the GVMC’s Operation Life to Urban Green Spaces (LUNGS) 2.0. He said that the ongoing inaugural is aimed astatine streamlining thoroughfare vending successful the city, and not targeting vendors.
Responding to YSRCP’s criticism, Mr. Murthy said, “How tin an NDA authorities that provides meals for conscionable ₹5 beryllium accused of being anti-poor?” He pointed retired that it was the erstwhile YSRCP authorities that unopen down Anna Canteens. He besides recalled that hawkers were removed during the YSRCP’s word from Rushikonda, Beach Road, Maddilapalem, and a fewer different areas. Mr. Murthy arsenic said that a committee comprising 13 YSRCP corporators had recommended the removal of the Night Food Court astatine Old Jail Road.
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He said that the displaced vendors would beryllium relocated soon to designated hawker and vending zones.
“The GVMC is presently establishing 17 vending zones, with 5 Smart Vending Zones successful the pipeline. Efforts are underway to place further locations crossed each zones successful the city.
