Summer relief for commuters, GVMC sets up green shade at RTC Complex junction

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A presumption    of the ‘Haritha Ashrayam’ operation   acceptable   up   by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation astatine  RTC analyzable  junction successful  Visakhapatnam connected  Friday.

A presumption of the ‘Haritha Ashrayam’ operation acceptable up by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation astatine RTC analyzable junction successful Visakhapatnam connected Friday. | Photo Credit: KR DEEPAK

As portion of its Summer Action Plan, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has introduced a unsocial inaugural to supply alleviation to commuters battling the scorching summertime vigor successful the city. The civic body’s engineering helping has acceptable up a specially designed greenish shadiness structure, named ‘Haritha Ashrayam’, astatine the engaged RTC Complex junction connected a aviator basis.

The shadiness has been erected implicit a postulation agelong to connection extortion to motorists, pedestrians and commuters waiting astatine signals during highest day hours. Earlier, specified a exemplary was implemented astatine the Assilmetta area.

According to the engineering helping officials, keeping successful presumption the predominant beardown winds and abrupt rains experienced successful the city, the authorities person designed the operation with information and durability successful mind. Special measures person been taken to guarantee that the shadiness remains steadfast and does not get damaged oregon alert distant during gusty winds. To further heighten comfortableness levels, the GVMC has besides arranged h2o sprinkling beneath the structure, creating a cooling effect and helping trim the vigor for commuters passing done the junction.

The inaugural has already started drafting attraction from the public, with galore commuters appreciating the effort taken by the civic authorities to supply comfortableness during the harsh summertime season.

Chief technologist of the GVMC, Satyanarayana Raju said that the RTC Complex exemplary is being intimately monitored.

“If the operation proves successful, it would beryllium taken guardant to the GVMC main and we program to replicate the aforesaid exemplary astatine respective different large junctions points this summer,” helium said.

Published - May 08, 2026 08:01 p.m. IST

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