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GVMC wins JNNURM award for third year in a row
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation presented with JNNURM award under Best planned habitat category. This is GVMC's third year in a row to win the award.
GVMC Office, December 13, 2011
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has won the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) award for its improvement of slums and providing all basic amenities under the Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme. This is the third year in a row, the GVMC has won the award. The award presented was under the BSUP - "Best planned habitat" category for developing housing on the outskirts in a planned manner with BRTS, electricity, school zone and recreation zone.
The award was presented at the anniversary celebration of JNNURM was held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Though the award was to be presented by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, he had to leave the meeting midway to attend an urgent meeting. The award was accepted by city mayor Pulusu Janardhana Rao and GVMC Commissioner B Ramanjaneyulu by Union Ministers Kamal Nath and Kumari Selja.
The following are some of the achievements of GVMC works under BSUP:
- Seven projects taken up under BSUP with a cost of Rs. 416.07 crore
- Five projects are for infrastructure improvement, while the other two are housing projects
- Improvement of Slums at Vadlapudi, VAMBAY Colony, Aganampudi, Duvvada, Gangavaram and Pedagantyada. Basic amenities including water supply, drains, roads, under-ground drainage, streetlights, community buildings and mini sewerage plant were provided.
- Over 11,000 out of 15,320 houses have been constructed under the scheme
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluvalia, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugat Roy, Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration Minister M Maheedhar Reddy, Principal Secretary Vijay Kumar, Andhra Pradesh Housing Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana and JNNURM Committee member and Visakhapatnam North MLA Tynala Vijay Kumar, GVMC Chief Engineer B Jayarami Reddy participated in the event.
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