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Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation

Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. “ Welcome to the Delegates on National Seminar on Street Vendor Policy on 24th , December’09, Bhubaneaswar” Additional Commissioner (G) GVMC, Visakhapatnam. GVMC at Glance.

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Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation

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  1. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation “Welcome to the Delegates on National Seminar on Street Vendor Policy on 24th , December’09, Bhubaneaswar” Additional Commissioner (G) GVMC, Visakhapatnam

  2. GVMC at Glance • LOCATION OF THE CITY : The City is situated at East Coast of India and adjacent to Bay of Bengal. • POPULATION : The total population as per census 2001 (VMC) 9,82,910 32 Gram Panchayat: 1,95,489 Gajuwaka Municipality: 2,48,953 • After merging, the total : 14,27,352. population comes to • AREA : 534 Sq. KM.

  3. GVMC at Glance • STATUS OF GVMC : The Visakhaptnam Municipal Corporation has upgraded into that of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation during the year November, 2005 by merging 32 surrounding Gram Panchayats and Gajuwaka Municipality vide G O Ms.No. 938 MA & UD (Elec.II) Dept. dt. 21.11.2005. After merging the said areas, the GVMC consisting of 6 zones and 72 wards.

  4. GVMC at Glance `STRENGTH OF THE BODY: Ward Members.. 72 Co-option Members .. 5 M L As .. 7 M Ps . 3 M L Cs .. 1 ------ Total: 88 ------ RESERVATION PATTERN ST : 1 OF WARD MEMBERS: SC : 6 BCs : 24 WOMEN(G) : 14 UNRESERVED : 27 ------ 72 ------

  5. GVMC at GlanceZONAL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

  6. GVMC at GlanceDepartmental Structure GVMC is having the following departments: • 1) Revenue denoted • 2) Accounts denoted • 3) General Administration • 4) Dispatch Section • 5) Engineering Section • 6) Public Health • 7) Town Planning • 8) Urban Community Development • 9) Education Section • 10) Audit Section • 11) Legal Cell

  7. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Action Taken Report on Vendor Policy 2004 • Identified street vendors during slum survey • Organized awareness camps on safe drinking water & Hygienic environment • Supplied masks & other tools to maintain health and hygiene • Arranged loans under USEP of SJSRY scheme • Identified spaces for hawkers zones • Restricted street vendors operations in Red Zones during peak hours • Monitoring mechanism established through Public Health section & Town Planning section of GVMC in collaboration with traffic police

  8. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation GVMC Initiatives to Implement Street Vendor Policy 2009 As per the instructions of the Government, GVMC has initiated to implement the Vendor Policy 2009 in GVMC limits. Which includes • Orientation programme to all Head of the Departments of Town Planning, Public Health, Revenue and Urban Community Development of GVMC on dt 08-12-2009 • Special officers were appointed for smooth implementation of the programme on dt 08-12-2009 • Ward level and zonal level teams were constituted for data collection on dt 09-12-2009 & from 11th identification vendors started. • Consultations meeting with Public, Street vendors Associations and Traffic Police for bifurcating the areas as Red zones, Amber zones and Green Zones in GVMC limits for streamlining the Street Vendors on dt 06-01-2010

  9. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Status of the Street Vendors in GVMC • Fruits : 1320 • Vegetable : 1850 • Food items : 2245 • Flower : 322 • Meat, Chicken and Fish : 1420 • Milk : 1665 • Handicrafts : 250 • Pot Maker : 152 • Fruit Juice/ Ice cream : 1336 • Festival Items : 455 • Others : 1485 Total No.of Street Vendors identified : 12500

  10. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Activities proposed by GVMC:- • Identification of street vendors, Formation of TVC • Identification of Zones basing on vulnerability (Amber Zone, Green Zone and Red Zone) • Issue of Identity cards to street vendors • Enhancing the capacity of street vendors by organising skill development and entrepreneual skills • Formation of Self-help Groups among the street vendors • Arranging loan facility through nationalized banks • Awareness building on health and hygiene • Periodic monitoring by involving local NGOs • Annual evaluation for appropriate modifications in the policy.

  11. G R E A T E R V I S A K H A P A T N A M M U N I C I P A L C O R P O R A T I O N THANK 'Q'

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