The draft City Development Plan of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation has been drawn up with an estimated outlay of Rs. 6,024 crore, Commissioner GVMC M. V. Satyanarayana said. The draft plan is likely to be finalised by June-end after consultations with people’s representatives, officials and other stakeholders, he told mediapersons in his chambers here on ... [Continue Reading]

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam municipal corporation (GVMC) has released a preliminary draft of the city development plan (CDP) that is designed to take into account the city's needs for the next 15 to 20 years. According to the draft plan, GVMC will focus on nine key areas including water supply, urban slum development, traffic and transportation, sewerage and solid waste management at ... [Continue Reading]

India: Visakhapatnam is one of the first cities to set up a City Development Plan (CDP), wherein the City Corporation's staff and consultants, with the assistance of Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), worked together in preparing the new 2012-2017 City Development Plan. In addition, the private sector, NGO’s and the community are invited to provide comments and suggestions through ... [Continue Reading]

In sourcing funds for a 24x7 water supply, feasibility study for energy generation from municipal waste, tapping of non-conventional energy sources, mono rail project and to have an efficient Under Ground Drainage (UGD) scheme, the City Corporation is exploring the possibility of collaboration with the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA). Paul Schuttenbelt, South Asia Co-ordinator and ... [Continue Reading]

COIMBATORE: The city municipal corporation has decided to seek assistance for external support and aid from the Philippines based organisation, Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA). In a meeting convened between the two member team from CDIA and senior officials of the corporation, it was decided that there were ample scope for the participation of an external organisation to enhance the ... [Continue Reading]

Cities Development Initiatives for Asia (CDIA) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the GVMC on pre-feasibility studies for revised City Development Plan (CDP). The revised CDP has been given priority in view of the GVMC sending proposals for JNNURM Plus, the second phase of the urban mission. The MoU was entered into by CDIA South Asia Coordinator Paul Schuttenbelt and ... [Continue Reading]

VISAKHAPATNAM: The first stakeholders meeting for gaining public input to the 2012-2017 City Development Plan (CDP) revision for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) was held on September 22, 2012. The meeting was organized by the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University together with Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) who are tasked with revision ... [Continue Reading]

India: A Memorandum of Understanding for a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) on water supply was signed by the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) and Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) on Thursday, July 5, 2012. The MoU was signed by Senior Programme Manager of CDIA Balakrishnan Elangovan and Municipal Commissioner B. Ramanjaneyulu. GVMC had earlier signed a MoU with CDIA, ... [Continue Reading]

Philippines: The House of Representatives has passed House Bill 4270 on the third and final reading, designating a tax-exemption status to the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA). Rep. Hermilando Mandanas (2nd District, Batangas), Rep. Jerry Treñas (Lone District, Iloilo City) and Rep. George Arnaiz (2nd District, Negros Oriental) are the authors of House Bill 4270. The congressmen ... [Continue Reading]

India: Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) held a workshop on September 8, 2011, which focused on the challenges for urban mobility and transport. CDIA and other partner organizations took part in the workshop to discuss the Pre-Feasibility report on urban transport for Rajkot. The discussion was an opportunity for partner organizations to exchange ideas on transport issues and developing a ... [Continue Reading]