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In a important development, Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development P. Narayana has approved the operation of houses for 177 families surviving astatine Velampeta adjacent Poorna Market successful the One Town country here. The determination was announced astatine a gathering with officials of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation and the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority successful Amaravati connected Friday, aft consultation with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
It whitethorn beryllium recalled that during his caller sojourn to the city, Mr. Narayana inspected the Velampeta slum and interacted with residents to recognize their problems. The residents told the Minister that they were facing terrible hardships owed to the deficiency of due lodging and sought operation of houses.
Mr. Narayana informed GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg and VMRDA Commissioner Tej Bharat that helium was approving the connection for operation of houses for the 177 families. He said that a determination connected the fiscal aspects of the task would beryllium taken shortly.
Comprehensive Water Conservation Plan
During the meeting, Mr. Garg explained the lodging program to the Minister. Discussions were besides held connected the Comprehensive Water Conservation Plan for Visakhapatnam, with officials stating that Detailed Project Reports had already been prepared for supplying h2o to industries successful and astir the city.
The Minister advised GVMC and VMRDA officials to absorption not lone connected providing amended civic amenities to the nationalist but besides connected strengthening the fiscal presumption of the 2 institutions.
Officials informed that the VMRDA Master Plan notification had already been issued and that objections and suggestions had been received from the public. In presumption of the ample fig of representations, it was decided to contented different notification. Of the 15 roads projected nether the Master Plan, the Minister directed officials to instrumentality up 7 roads connected precedence successful the archetypal phase.
During the meeting, discussions were besides held connected processing Kailasagiri, Kambalakonda and the Zoo Park arsenic an integrated tourism circuit. The Minister instructed the VMRDA Commissioner to coordinate with officials of the Tourism Department and absorption connected further processing these locations arsenic large tourer attractions.
