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VUDA Office, March 8, 2010
The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) Vice Chairman B Sridhar said that it would go ahead with construction of a park on the 21.6 acres of Old Central Jail site in the heart of the city after taking views of a cross section of people. The Chief Minister will lay the foundation stone to the park in the next visit to the city. Speaker to media persons on Monday, he said that a discussion would be arranged with senior citizens, others concerned to ensure people’s participation in designing the park, and the best concepts would be taken. With a public interest petition withdrawn and the High Court giving nod, VUDA had begun clearing the site.
Sridhar, who had returned from New Delhi after receiving a national level award for the best tourism award for best civic management of tourism destinations for VUDA, said Union Minister for Tourism Kumari Selja had made mention of it in her speech. Andhra Pradesh had received a total of five awards and when Tourism Minister, J Geetha Reddy met the Chief Minister after receiving them, he had suggested that more measures be taken to promote tourism.
The VUDA had a two-acre site in a joint venture with Chilukuri Developers at Kampuluppada and a demand survey would be conducted for taking up of construction of apartments there said the VUDA Vice Chairman. Besides, a housing project is likely to come at Vimannagar where the Collector had allotted two acres of site to VUDA. Work on a part of the land-pooling project at Paradesipalem would be taken up from March 10. Roads would be laid at a cost of Rs.3 crores. After developing the infrastructure, the farmers would be given their share.