The Hindu 26.06.2013
Unified metropolitan transport authority mooted in VUDA limits

In view of the expanding boundaries of the city and development of
multiple modes of public transport, a unified metropolitan transport
authority has been mooted in the VUDA jurisdiction.
The authority
aims at development of a very effective road transportation and traffic
management system making the VMR area and its surroundings well
connected and keeping the increasing demand for transportation
infrastructure in mind.
A preliminary meeting was convened at VUDA
Office on Tuesday, where District Collector V Seshadri, City Police
Commissioner B Sivadhar Reddy, GVMC Commissioner MV Satyanarayana, VUDA
Vice-Chairman N Yuvaraj, GVMC Additional Commissioner M Janaki, VUDA
Chief Urban Planner RJ Vidyullatha, and district Additional SP DN
Kishore attended.
Dr Yuvaraj said the government through a GO MS
No.616 had constituted the authority to coordinate various departments
and agencies in the matters relating to traffic and transportation and
to integrate various modes of public transport like rail, bus and other
systems in a compatible manner and prepare a road map for implementation
of the comprehensive transportation plan.
A committee for the
unified metropolitan transport authority has also been constituted by
the State government for which the Principal Secretary of Municipal
Administration and Urban development Department will act as Chairman and
Principal Secretary of TR & B Department, Vice Chairman and
Managing Director of APSRTC, Commissioner of Transport, Waltair
Divisional Railway Manager, Member-Secretary of AP Pollution Control
Board, VUDA Vice Chairman, GVMC Commissioner, Visakhapatnam Police
Commissioner, District Collectors of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and
Srikakulam, Director of Town and Country Planning and other experts as
members.
VUDA Chief Engineer I Viswanatha Rao, GVMC Chief Engineer
B Jayarami Reddy, Additional Commissioner (Projects) B Nagesh Kumar,
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) V Suresh Babu, VUDA
Executive Engineers V Bhavani Shankar, M Balarama Raju, G Kalpana, I
Surayya, D.V. Verma, M Appanna, planning officer KD Brainard, GVMC EEs
KVN Ravi, Damodhar and Lea Associates South Asia (LASA) General Manager
Mahalingam and others were present.