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Visakhapatnam’s renown ‘Swarna Bharathi Indoor Stadium’, has been undergoing monolithic renovation works for the past fewer months. One of the astir sought stadiums for sports lovers from the city, the Indoor installation is apt to beryllium re-opened to nationalist by the extremity of 2025.
As portion of astute metropolis initiative, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is spending astir ₹15 crore to upgrade the sports amenities successful the stadium. Right from flooring, lighting, air-conditioning, and landscaping, the stadium is going to athletics a marque caller look.
It was learnt that GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg precocious inspected the renovation works. However, the hold successful works has irked Mr. Garg. The civic main reportedly expressed choler with the Engineering section officials and the contractor liable for the dilatory gait of works. He directed them to expedite the works, and has acceptable a 20-day deadline to implicit the works. He besides expressed dissatisfaction with the AP Urban Infrastructure Asset Management Limited representatives letting them cognize that their deficiency of supervision of works, is causing important delays.
Chief Engineer, PVV Satyanarayana Raju informed that determination were flimsy gaps successful the renovation works and that astir 90% of works were completed. He assured that they were aiming to implicit it wrong the stipulated time.
He said: “The commissioner’s wants to unfastened the stadium to radical by Christmas and we are moving connected that.”
