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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has taken up extended metropolis beautification works successful presumption of the upcoming International Fleet Review (IFR), International City Parade, and MILAN naval exercises.
The International Fleet Review (IFR) is being hosted successful the city, aft a spread of 10 years, portion the MILAN workout is taking spot aft 4 years, drafting planetary attraction to the larboard city.
As portion of the preparations, the GVMC is spending ₹17.5 crore connected beautification works, arsenic per GVMC Superintending Engineer Satyanarayana Raju. He said that the large works see laying of BT roads crossed cardinal stretches, particularly successful areas with VIP movement, and programme venues connected to the Navy events.
“In addition, large-scale coating works, installation of artefacts, improvement and repair of footpaths, betterment of greenery, beautification of cardinal medians, and enhancement of thoroughfare lights are being carried out,” helium said, adding that tourer destinations and museums are besides being spruced up arsenic overseas delegates are expected to sojourn these sites.
Beach Road, the main venue for the International City Parade, has been fixed a implicit makeover. Sculptures and statues on the agelong person been repainted, greenery developed, and footpaths freshly painted. Seating arrangements for spectators person already been completed, portion a dais is being acceptable up on the beach. A monolithic structure has been erected astatine YMCA to accommodate parade participants. Barricading works are progressing astatine a pace, portion parking facilities are being arranged astatine aggregate locations. The full agelong is being brought nether CCTV surveillence.
The lawsuit volition beryllium attended by President Droupadi Murmu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, delegates from respective countries and naval representatives from crossed the world.
District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad has conducted aggregate reappraisal meetings to show the advancement of the arrangements, and abstracted committees person been formed to look aft antithetic works. Meanwhile, choky information arrangements are being enactment successful spot nether the supervision of Commissioner of Police Shankabratha Bagchi. The full Beach Road agelong has been brought nether constabulary control, with weaponry squads and canine squads conducting intensive checks astatine seating areas and the parade dais.
It whitethorn beryllium besides noted that sportfishing enactment has been restricted from February 14 to 21, 2026, connected a definite agelong wherever Naval programmes volition beryllium held.
