Pollution, traffic, Bhogapuram airport road connectivity dominate DRC meet in Vizag

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During the District Review Committee (DRC) gathering held successful Visakhapatnam connected Friday, cardinal issues including expanding pollution, traffic, roadworthy connectivity to Bhogapuram airport, TIDCO houses and different issues took centre stage. The meeting, reviewed territory improvement works and implementation of assorted nationalist payment schemes was chaired by territory in-charge Minister, Dola Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy was attended by District Collector Harendhira Prasad. MP M. Sribharat, MLAs, and heads of each departments.

MP M. Sribharat emphasised that request for preventive measures to power aerial contamination good earlier it reaches unsafe levels. He instructed officials to regularly reappraisal and show the functioning and accuracy of the aerial prime scale monitoring equipment. The MP stressed the request to code contamination rising from the proscription and retention of alert ash. He expressed interest implicit the delays successful readying the ‘Master Plan Roads’ to the Bhogapuram planetary airport. He warned that with an incomplete ‘Master Plan Roads’ could origin superior difficulties for the metropolis erstwhile the airdrome becomes operational.

District In-charge Minister Dola Sri Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy directed officials to guarantee completion of each ‘Master Plan Roads’ earlier the inauguration of the Bhogapuram airport. The Minister besides called for thorough onshore surveys successful some agrarian and municipality areas. Special attraction to beryllium paid to attraction of streetlights, and infrastructure facilities successful secretariats.

District Collector Harendhira Prasad stated that beardown measures are being implemented to power contamination successful the district. “A committee comprising of officials from industries, labour, gross and different departments is formed, and inspections are being conducted. Fines to the tune of ₹4 crore to ₹5 crore person been imposed connected institutions recovered violating norms,” helium said.

Gajuwaka MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao called for strict implementation of GO 296 related to onshore regularisation successful the Gajuwaka constituency. Government Whip and West MLA P.G.V.R. Naidu alias Ganababu urged aboriginal completion of the ROB operation adjacent NAD Junction.

North Constituency MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju highlighted that the lack of compound walls and due lighting successful immoderate schools has led to anti-social activities astatine nighttime successful the constituency. He called for steps to curb specified incidents. Addtionally, helium requested for an summation successful the fig of Vande Bharat trains earlier the airdrome becomes operational.

South Constituency MLA Vamsikrishna Srinivas sought for the establishing a Rythu Bazaar successful the constituency. He said that since ample parcels of lands are not disposable successful the region, authorities should see mounting up the bazaar successful a tiny space.

Pendurthi MLA Panchakarla Ramesh Babu requested allocation of onshore for operation of assemblage halls wrong his constituency.

Visakhapatnam Mayor Peela Srinivasa Rao, MLCs Varudu Kalyani, Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) president Pranav Gopal, Commissioner of Police, Shankhabrata Bagchi, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner Ketan Garg, Joint Collector K. Mayur Ashok, on with others were present.

Published - January 09, 2026 08:38 p.m. IST

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