GVMC wards goes to 81 from 72

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 
Visakhapatnam

The State government has issued a G.O fixing the number of wards in the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation to 81 from the existing 72.

The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department has issued the GO taking the population to 2011 census and those of Anakapalle, Bheemunipatnam and five gram panchayats merged in GVMC together for fixing the wards at 81.

As per 2011 census, the population of GVMC is 17,30,220, Anakapalle 86,612, Bheemunipatnam 54,865 and five gram panchayats 9,889 taking the total to 18,81,686.

The fixating of boundaries by following the due process after the government issues orders will take a few months, said the GVMC Commissioner M.Hari Narayanan.

The elections were last held in 2007 after forming GVMC merging the outskirts and taking the number of wards from 50 to 72. In July 2013, the government issued orders merging Anakapalle, Bheemunipatnam and the 10 gram panchayats into GVMC. Cases are still pending in High Court opposing the merger of Bheemunipatnam. However, elections were held to the five panchayats in Bheemili mandal following court’s order.