Visakhapatnam making rapid strides on all fronts: GVMC Commissioner

VISAKHAPATNAM: The

Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation

will come up with three more night shelters in the city by the end of this month, said the municipal commissioner M Hari Narayanan. The 71st Independence Day has been celebrated with gaiety and patriotic fervour at the GVMC on Tuesday.

Hari Narayanan who garlanded the Mahatma Gandhi statue near the GVMC explained how the city has been making rapid strides on all fronts in the last one year. He also laid emphasis on the GVMC’s vision for the city in the next one year.

Students from various municipal schools of the city put up patriotic performances in dance and singing. Hari Narayanan gave away appreciation certificates to about 122 employees of the corporation who rendered their services with sincerity.

Hari Narayanan distributed rice and money to those living in the GVMC night shelters. The rice and money were collected by Chaitanya Sravanthi, an NGO in the city. He appreciated the representatives of Chaitanya Sravanthi for sparing a thought for the poor.

Later, the commissioner inaugurated the GVMC pensioners’ welfare office on the premises of the corporation. A room was allocated to this office near GVMC canteen.

Additional Commissioners GVVS Murthy, N Mohana Rao and SS Varma, Examiner of Accounts Y Mangapathi Rao, Chief Engineer N Durga Prasad and others were present.

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