GVMC gets 88 plaints during grievance prog
Visakhapatnam: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) received 88 petitions during the weekly grievance programme conducted on Monday. Mayor P Srinivasa Rao, along with additional commissioner DV Ramana Murthy, conducted the
public grievance redressal system
(PGRS) programme here.Mayor Srinivasa Rao instructed the concerned officials to thoroughly review every petition or complaint that they received, and resolve the issues within a specific time frame.
He further directed that there should be no negligence in handling the petitions received at the GVMC head office or at the zonal offices, and that officials should ensure there were no complaints from the public regarding unresolved issues in the PGRS programme.
While nine complaints were related to the administration and accounts department, seven belonged to the revenue department, seven more to the public health department, 43 to the town planning department, 18 to the engineering department, one to the horticulture department, and three to the urban community wing.
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