The GreaterVisakhapatnamMunicipal Corporation (GVMC) has decided to leverage the programme run by United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), in association with theGovernment of India, to take upCovid-19prevention and control measures in the city.
GVMC will conduct decentralised activities at the ward level involving ward corporators, secretariats, the community and other stakeholders under the initiative. GVMC mayor G Hari Venkata Kumari has requested corporators to get involved with the programme which may help them deal with the present or future emergencies.
To carry out the UNDP-GoI (USAID) projects activities and city initiatives for long-term, Sustainability and Resilience Program (SRP) has been started by the establishment of Sustainability and Resilience Unit (SRU) in December 2020.
The purpose of SRP is to support the city as well as the state to achieve and improve resilience. The main components of SRP are Environment management, Disaster Management, Climate risk management, Human resource development, knowledge management, research and innovation, partnerships, collaborations and convergence.