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Hans India
24-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Civic body functions sans full-fledged chief for long
Visakhapatnam: This is probably the first time that the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has been functioning sans a Commissioner for a long time. Although district Collector MN Harendhira Prasad is heading the corporation as in-charge Commissioner, a full-fledged Commissioner is yet to be appointed. Even as the State government is considering Visakhapatnam as the financial capital, IT and tourism hub, depriving the corporation of a full-fledged Commissioner comes as a surprise for many. As a result, the administration of the civic body has gone haywire. Without a dedicated Commissioner, accountability of the GVMC staff has gone for a toss. With the Collector already shouldering a number of responsibilities, focusing much on the GVMC has become a difficult task. The alliance that was quite proactive in unseating former Mayor G Hari Venkata Kumari and former Deputy Mayor Jiyyani Sridhar is not evincing keen interest in appointing the Commissioner for the GVMC, point out YSRCP leaders. Even as the Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development P Narayana and 20-Point programme chairman Lanka Dinakar announced that a Commissioner would soon be appointed for the GVMC in their earlier visits to Visakhapatnam, steps are yet to be taken in this regard. During the YSRCP's tenure, the GVMC Commissioner used to get transferred at frequent intervals. This happened especially so when the Commissioner refused to dance to the tunes of the key leaders of the YSRCP. Apparently, there were several scams during the YSRCP tenure amounting to thousands of crores of rupees, including the TDR scam in Visakhapatnam. A full-fledged Commissioner for the corporation is required to expose these scams. But why does the NDA government not paying attention to appointing a Commissioner for a long time after the previous Commissioner P. Sampath Kumar got transferred in January, just after six months of assuming charge, turns out to be a million-dollar question.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
GVMC set to elect its new mayor on April 28
Visakhapatnam: Following the NDA parties' victory in the no-confidence motion against GVMC mayor G Hari Venkata Kumari on April 19, the Andhra Pradesh state election commission, on Tuesday, issued orders to conduct the election for the mayor post on April 28. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Visakhapatnam district collector and GVMC in-charge commissioner Dr MN Harendhira Prasad said that a notice will be issued by April 24, inviting the elected and ex-officio members of the GVMC to attend a special meeting convened for the purpose of electing the new mayor. Meanwhile, in an official order issued on Tuesday, Andhra Pradesh govt formally approved the no-confidence motion passed by the NDA against mayor and removed her from office with immediate effect. According to the order, the district collector convened a meeting regarding the no-confidence motion against the GVMC mayor on April 19. "Upon perusal of the minutes of the meeting, it was found that 74 out of 111 members with voting rights participated. All 74 members voted in favour of the motion, with none opposing it. As the motion secured the support of 74 members, satisfying the required two-thirds majority as stipulated under the Act, it is hereby declared as passed, the order read. "Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 91-A(6) of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporations Act, 1955, AP govt hereby removes G Hari Venkata Kumari from the office of mayor with immediate effect," the order continued.
