17 crematoriums identified for bodies of COVID patients
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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has identified 17 burial grounds and crematoriums in various zones for the performing the final rituals of COVID-19 patients.
The move would ease the pressure on the crematorium at Gnanapuram, the officials said.
The GVMC officials have attached burial grounds to various COVID-19 hospitals. The final rites of the COVID patients dying at the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) and Pineapple Colony COVID Care Centre will be performed at the Krishnapuram burial ground. Similarly, the bodies of the patients from the King George Hospital (KGH) and 12 other hospitals in the city limites will be sent to the crematorium at Gnanapuram.
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The final results are expected from 11 a.m. onwards.
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Ballot boxes being brought to the counting centre at SSBN College in Anantapur on Sunday, March 14, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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The final results are expected from 11 a.m. onwards.
The Telugu Desam Party has shown a lead in Tadipatri municipality after the counting of postal ballots in Anantapur district, while the YSRCP is in the lead in the remaining 10 municipalities, corporation, and nagar panchayats.
Ballot boxes were brought out from the strong room in the presence of returning officers at SSBN College in Anantapur and other Urban Local Bodies in the district and the bunching of votes (25 ballot papers) was in progress.
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Some residents are wary of the move as they fear paying higher taxes
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Industrial pollution is a major concern for residents of Anakapalle, with many people reportedly suffering from respiratory problems due to the high number of pharma units located in the region.
Some residents are wary of the move as they fear paying higher taxes
Will the inclusion of Anakapalle municipality in the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) breathe fresh life into the condition of its wards? Residents are divided over the issue even as the municipality finds itself battling a severe shortage of funds and staff.
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It has to face YSRCP, which implemented several welfare schemes
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Ushasree, corporator nominee of YSRCP for 43rd ward in GVMC, campaigning in New Colony area in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
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It has to face YSRCP, which implemented several welfare schemes
With the conclusion of the gram panchayat and ward member elections, the stage is now set for the much-awaited elections to the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC).
The corporation will be going to polls after 14 years, with the last election being held in February 2007. With the YSR Congress Party going to corporation polls for the first time, things are hotting up in the city.
Jan 31, 2021, 17:19 IST
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation officials are gearing up to issue attachment notices against the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) office located in Greater Visakhapatnam for not paying property tax. The GVMC officials had sent demand notices but the TDP officials had not responded.
The TDP headquarters near Seven Hills in the city was supposed to pay property tax of Rs 27 Lakh for the year 2020-21. However only the TDP office bearers paid Rs 10 Lakh after repeated notices and Rs 17 Lakhs were due.
Authorities sent notices for the remaining payment, but received no proper response from the TDP office. After the stipulated time was over GVMC officials prepared a notice for the property tax arrears of Rs 17 Lakh. GVMC Zonal commissioner Phani Ram said that they would attach notices to the building like normal practise.