Archive · 25 Dec 2025
Rs 1,425-Cr Smart Vending Project in Vizag
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is starting a big project to help street vendors in Vizag.
They will build special areas with modern facilities like solar lights, digital payment options, and cleanliness services.
These areas will be at three places: RR Centre, under the Duvvada flyover, and Suryabagh Central Park.
The project costs Rs 1,425 crore and will be funded by GVMC, MEPMA, and the State government.
Each vendor will pay Rs 2.5 lakh for their spot.
The goal is to make the city look better and help vendors earn a better living.
The GVMC has been clearing encroachments to make sure the city is clean and safe for everyone.
Vendors will get identity cards and other support to run their businesses smoothly.
Rs 1,425-crore project to establish Smart Street Vending Zones in Visakhapatnam at three key locations.
GVMC aims to improve vendor livelihoods and urban infrastructure with modern facilities.
Project funded by GVMC, MEPMA, and State government; vendors contribute Rs 2.5 lakh per unit.
Zones will feature modular kiosks, solar lighting, digital payments, waste management, and CCTV.
Meetings held with beneficiaries to discuss the project and issue application forms.
- Who
- Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), street vendors, MEPMA, State government
- What
- Smart Street Vending Zones project
- When
- Project to take off soon; meetings held on Wednesday
- Where
- Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- To improve livelihoods of street vendors and enhance urban infrastructure
- Project Cost
- Rs 1,425 crore
- Locations
- RR Centre, Duvvada flyover, Suryabagh Central Park
- Units
- 70 (RR Centre), 70 (Duvvada), 110 (Suryabagh)
- Funding
- GVMC, MEPMA, State government
- Vendor Contribution
- Rs 2.5 lakh per unit
- Facilities
- Modular kiosks, solar lighting, digital payments, CCTV, waste management
- Act
- Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014
