The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has decided to resume some of the works undertaken as part of the ‘Smart City’ projects after a nod by the State government.
All the works have been put on hold after the YSRCP government, soon after assuming power, decided to review the tender norms and the quantum of work completed.
Recently, the government asked Municipal Commissioner G. Srijana to review the works and and resume those that have already been executed more than 25 % or quoted less percentage in the tender value, on a need-based basis.
Accordingly, the GVMC has decided to resume eight works, according to Superintendent Engineer (Smart City Projects) M. Vinay Kumar.
The indoor sports arena project undertaken in MVP Colony with a cost of ₹25 crore of which 30 % of work has been completed is one of them.
As a part of the Area-Based Development (ABD) component of the Smart City project, regularisation and covering minor drains with slabs and development of greenery if there are open spaces available undertaken in two packages of ₹7 crore and ₹4 crore are also being resumed.
Construction of additional classrooms at the Dandu Bazaar GVMC School with an outlay of ₹4 crore will be expedited.
Modernisation of civic service centres at the GVMC Main Office and Zone III, Zone IV, Zone V, Anakapalle and Bhimunipatnam that has been undertaken at a cost of ₹79 lakh and greenery improvement and beautification at Rockdale Layout and Peda Waltair ward office costing ₹70 lakh are the other works.
Project gets nod
Meanwhile, the committee set up by the government to review ongoing projects has also cleared a sewerage project with an estimated expenditure of ₹60 crore, Mr. Vinay Kumar said.
Setting up an underground drainage network under ABDF component, retrofitting of two pump-houses and upgrading the sewage treatment plants at Appu Ghar and in One Town to improve treatment levels to bring down Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) have also been cleared.
The government has also approved the works with ₹200 crore under, for the 14th Finance Commission works (₹6 crore) and under Tribal Sub-Plan (₹2 crore), sources said.