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The Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) has revisited the draught Master Plan–2041 aft receiving a ample fig of suggestions and objections from the public. Issuing a 2nd notification, the authorization has invited caller suggestions and objections from February 9 to March 10, 2026.
Addressing a property league present connected Friday (February 13), VMRDA Chairperson M Pranav Gopal and Commissioner N. Tej Bharat said the authorization received a full of 3,722 objections and suggestions from assorted zones crossed the metropolitan region. Of these, 831 were from Bheemunipatnam, 686 from halfway Visakhapatnam, 460 from Madhurawada, 374 from Anakapalli, and 699 from Vizianagaram (rural and municipality combined), among others. A method committee conducted a elaborate analysis, including crushed verification wherever necessary, and accepted 427 objections for incorporation into the revised draft.
The revised Master Plan present integrates respective cardinal infrastructure and improvement proposals, including the updated coastal corridor alignment from the Visakhapatnam Port Container Terminal to Bhogapuram Airport, incorporation of 300 approved layouts, the Raipur Expressway alignment, the Bhogapuram International Airport plan, the Kambalakonda Eco-Sensitive Zone, the projected railway enactment from Anakapalli to Kothavalasa, and large irrigation channels specified arsenic Srujala Sravanthi Canal, Polavaram Canal, and Taraka Rama Canal. To heighten greenish screen successful the metropolitan region, 20 locations person been earmarked for the improvement of Miyawaki-style pouch forests.
After receiving suggestions and objections from the revisited draught Master Plan 2041, the committee volition instrumentality steps to cheque it, hole a elaborate 1 and guardant it to the government, the Commissioner said.
The revised Master Plan–2041 is expected to supply a much structured roadmap for sustainable municipality growth, improved connectivity, biology conservation, and tourism improvement crossed the region, helium added.
Speaking astir the roadworthy infrastructure improvement to link Bhogapuram Airport, Mr. Tej Bharat stated that 7 precedence roadworthy corridors person been identified by the State authorities to amended the connectivity, and works are progressing astatine a brisk pace. All roads are targeted for completion by June 2026. Giving the details, the 6.3-km Timmapuram–Marikavalasa roadworthy has already been completed and opened to traffic. Adavivaram–Sontyam roadworthy has achieved 33% advancement and is expected to beryllium completed by the extremity of May. Tallavalasa–Kothavalasa roadworthy works person reached 36% completion and are besides slated for completion by May. The Boyapalem–Kapuluppada road, presently astatine 58% progress, is expected to beryllium acceptable by April, portion the Vepagunta–Pinagadi agelong is apt to beryllium completed by May.
In presumption of the upcoming International Fleet Review (IFR) and MILAN 2026 events, VMRDA has besides undertaken the upgradation of large tourer destinations and nationalist spaces nether its jurisdiction with a fund allocation of ₹2.25 crore. The works see improvements astatine VMRDA Park, Kailasagiri, Tenneti Park, INS Kurusura Submarine Museum, TU-142 Aircraft Museum, and the operation of an amenities gathering astatine Thotlakonda Buddhist Complex, among others.
