GVMC office in Visakhapatnam
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The Corporators of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) will leave for an eight-day study tour to North India, beginning September 15. This year, the corporators will visit various parts of Rajasthan and Delhi to study the administrative models adopted by different municipal corporations.
According to sources, the corporators will fly to Jaipur on September 15 and visit the Jaipur Municipal Corporation on September 16. The next day, they will head to the Jodhpur Municipal Corporation and meet the officials. As part of the itinerary, they will visit Ajmer, Pushkar, and Jaisalmer among other places.
On September 21, the team will reach Delhi, where they will conclude the tour before returning to Visakhapatnam on September 23. The GVMC Council has approved the study tour during a recent meeting, allocating a budget of over ₹1.5 crore for the trip.
This marks the fourth consecutive year that the corporators are going on a study tour.
In 2024, they visited Coimbatore, Mysuru, and Bengaluru. In 2023, the corporators covered Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir, while in 2022, the corporators visited Delhi, Shimla, Manali, Chandigarh, and Agra. The study tours are either objected or refused by several corporators every year, who question the need for such tours. Some also question the outcome of the previous tours.
Jana Sena Party (JSP) corporator from Ward 22, PLVN Murthy, has once again expressed his disinterest in joining the trip. He said that the funds earmarked for such tours should be utilised for the development of wards. Notably, he has skipped all previous study tours as well.
As Ganpati Visarjan festivities are going to be organized throughout Mumbai today, the traffic police in the city have released an exhaustive advisory announcing diversions, alternative routes, and restrictions on traffic movement. Travelers are requested to make advance travel plans so as to avoid inconvenience.
Traffic Restrictions and No-Parking Zones
Some roads in Central Mumbai and the Western Suburbs will be impacted by the celebrations. The movement of goods vehicles is strictly banned on major roads to enable a smooth flow of pedestrian and festival traffic.
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Central Mumbai:
Worli: Dr. Annie Besant Road and RG Thandani Road: No parking.
Dadar: Goods vehicles are prohibited on Gokhale Road, SK Bole Road, and Swatantravir Savarkar Marg. Parking stands prohibited on Swatantravir Savarkar Marg, MB Raut Marg, and Shivaji Park Road No. 5.
Mahim: Goods vehicles are prohibited on Gen AK Vaidya Marg, LJ Road, Mori Road, and TH Katariya Marg.
Matunga: Goods vehicles are prohibited on Tilak Bridge Road, and parking stands prohibited on Dr. BA Road.
Kurla: Goods vehicles are banned on LBS Road, New Mill Road, and KK Krishna Menon Road.
In view of Anant Chaturdashi & Ganpati Visarjan following traffic arrangements will be in place in Central Mumbai.
Santacruz: Goods vehicles are banned on Devle Road and Vaikunthalal Mehta Marg. Parking is restricted on Janardhan Mahtre Road and Juhu Road, among others.
In view of Anant Chaturdashi & Ganpati Visarjan following traffic arrangements will be in place in Western Suburbs of Mumbai.
DN Nagar & Goregaon: No-parking zones are in force on a number of important roads, such as JP Road and MG Road.
Kandivali: Goods vehicles are banned on KT Son Marg, Kalpana Chawla Chowk, and Abdul Hamid Road. MG Road and SV Road have no-parking zones.
Suggested Alternate Routes
To relieve congestion, the Mumbai Traffic Police have provided alternative routes to commuters. Motorists can travel via routes like Gold Spot Junction (Bisleri Junction) to Bahar Junction and Shivaji Chowk to Captain Gore Bridge (Parle Bridge) as effective alternates to travel within the city.
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