Poor streetlighting in Vizag: Is there light at the end of the tunnel, ask GVMC corporators
The Hindu
The issues relating to streetlights rocked the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Council meeting held recently, with many corporators questioning the delay in addressing the long-pending problems on a priority basis.
The issues relating to streetlights rocked the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Council meeting held recently, with many corporators questioning the delay in addressing the long-pending problems on a priority basis.
“If funds are a problem, deduct money from our salaries but resolve the issues relating to the streetlights immediately. We are unable to face the people who voted for us. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there is no corporator in this House in whose ward there are no issues with streetlights,” 1Oth Ward Telugu Desam Party (TDP) corporator M. Ramalakshmi said during the question hour of recently held GVMC Council meeting to the loud thumping of tables by many corporators.
Defunct streetlights have been a long-pending issue for the city. The corporators have been complaining about defunct lights, lack of staff for repairs, poor illumination and the problems being faced by the people due to lack of lighting for the last three years.
The corporators also complained that nuisance by miscreants, eve-teasing, road accidents and crimes had gone up in several areas due to poor streetlighting.
24th Ward corporator S. Padma Reddy alleged that miscreants were consuming ganja in the open taking advantage of dark streets in her ward.
Ninth Ward corporator K.V.R. Swathi cited several instances of snakes slithering into dark streets in the hillock areas in her ward, adding that a python was sighted recently.
BJP North MLA P. Vishnu Kumar said spare parts of vehicles and auto-rickshaws were getting stolen in the hillock areas due to lack of illumination. He also pointed out that several stretches on Beach Road, a major tourist spot in the city, did not have proper lighting.
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