Transcript 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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LOCATION OF THE CITY
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The City is situated at
East Coast of India and adjacent to
Bay of Bengal.
The total population as per census
2001 (VMC) 9,82,910
32 Gram Panchayat: 1,95,489
Gajuwaka Municipality: 2,48,953
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POPULATION
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After merging, the total
population comes to
: 14,27,352.
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AREA
: 534 Sq. KM.
GVMC at Glance
► STATUS
OF GVMC
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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.
GVMC at Glance
`STRENGTH OF THE BODY:
Ward Members..
Co-option Members ..
M L As
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M Ps
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M L Cs
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Total:
RESERVATION PATTERN
OF WARD MEMBERS:
ST
SC
BCs
WOMEN(G)
UNRESERVED
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72
5
7
3
1
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6
24
14
27
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GVMC at Glance
ZONAL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
GVMC
(Main Office)
Zone I
1 to 6 Wards
Madhurawada
Zone II
7 to 18
Wards
TSR
Complex
Zone III
19 to 30
Wards
Suryabagh
Zone IV
31to 49
Wards
Gnanapuram
Zone V
50 to 65
Wards
Gajuwaka
Zone VI
66 to 72
Wards
Pendurthy
GVMC at Glance
Departmental 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
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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
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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
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Status of the Street Vendors in GVMC
Fruits
Vegetable
Food items
Flower
Meat, Chicken and Fish
Milk
Handicrafts
Pot Maker
Fruit Juice/ Ice cream
Festival Items
Others
Total No.of Street Vendors identified
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1320
1850
2245
322
1420
1665
250
152
1336
455
1485
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12500
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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.