VIZAG matters - Sohan Hatangadi's Blog

Our local events make sure that the performers and the audience are kept well apart. VVIPs and VIPs occupy the entire space near the stage. Performers hate this, they cannot connect with the audience. The crowds hate this because they cannot communicate their appreciation to the performers. The VVIPs are busy folk and often do not turn up keeping the front white sofas and seats vacant. It is disheartening to see excellent performances not getting audience response because they are simply too far away. This my friends has been going on for a long long time. It is surprising that those professional event managers who are paid tons of money to deliver a good show just toe the government line and keep following this old established official political format. We understand that security is an issue when VVIPs are there. That is why we should not mix business with pleasure when it comes to events. Now Visakha Utsav is around the corner, crores of our tax money will be spent on...

Please visit the GVMC web site link: http://www.gvmc.gov.in/ Here is how it looks This site appears to be made more for the Corporation themselves rather than for the public for whom the corporation exists.  GVMC collects tax from us and is supposed to serve the citizens of Vizag. The GVMC web site should therefore be informative and designed to help the public. While the site does have some important information it is buried deep and difficult to find. For example  these questions are not easily answered: 01. What is the postal address of GVMC? 02. What is the phone number of GVMC? What is the Customer Service Number? 03. Who is the sanitary inspector for my ward? 04. Who is my Corporator? 05. Which number should we contact for garbage removal? 06. If my neighbor is throwing garbage on the road - who should I complain to? 07. Which number to contact for Water Problems? 08. If a water line is leaking on the road whom should I cont...