Archive · 6 Dec 2025
Rs 63.7-Crore Women's Hostel Project Starts in Vizag
A new hostel for working women is being built in Visakhapatnam.
It will cost Rs 63.73 crore and will have 204 rooms for 616 women.
The hostel will have many facilities like a garden, kitchen, gym, and a medical room.
The government is building this to help women who are working in the city.
The project will be completed in 18 months.
This is one of three such hostels being built in Visakhapatnam with a total cost of Rs 172 crore.
A new working women’s hostel is being built in Mudasarlova, Visakhapatnam, at a cost of Rs 63.73 crore.
The hostel will have 204 rooms and can accommodate 616 women, with facilities including a garden, kitchen, gym, and medical room.
The project is funded under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) 2024–25.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approved three such hostels for Visakhapatnam, with a combined allocation of Rs 172 crore.
The hostel is expected to be completed within 18 months and will ease the burden on women relying on costly private accommodation.
- Who
- Greater Visakhapatnam Smart City Corporation Limited, M. Sribharat, Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu, Pila Srinivasa Rao, Vepada Chiranjeevi Rao, Ketan Garg
- What
- Foundation stone laid for a new working women’s hostel
- When
- Saturday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Mudasarlova, Visakhapatnam, near AP Women Finance Corporation office in Pineapple Colony, Zone-2
- Why
- To prioritize women’s safety and welfare, accommodate growing number of working women in Visakhapatnam
- Project Cost
- Rs 63.73 crore
- Location
- Mudasarlova, Visakhapatnam
- Rooms
- 204
- Capacity
- 616 women
- Completion Time
- 18 months
- Facilities
- Parking, garden, kitchen, indoor games, rooftop café, yoga, gym, library, medical room
- Funding Scheme
- Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) 2024–25
- Total Allocation for Hostels in Vizag
- Rs 172 crore