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**GVMC Corporators Embark on Controversial North India Study Tour**

**Visakhapatnam, India – September 4, 2025** – Corporators from the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) are set to embark on an eight-day study tour of North India, starting September 15th. The trip, budgeted at over ₹1.5 crore and approved by the GVMC Council, will see the corporators visiting municipal corporations in Rajasthan (Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Pushkar, and Jaisalmer) and Delhi to examine their administrative models. The tour is scheduled to conclude on September 23rd.

This marks the fourth consecutive year of such study tours, with previous excursions taking corporators to Coimbatore, Mysuru, Bengaluru (2024), Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir (2023), and Delhi, Shimla, Manali, Chandigarh, and Agra (2022).

However, the tours continue to draw criticism. Some corporators question the necessity of these trips and the tangible benefits derived from them. Jana Sena Party (JSP) corporator PLVN Murthy, representing Ward 22, has voiced his opposition and declined to participate, arguing that the funds would be better allocated to local ward development. Murthy has also declined participating in previous tours. Despite the opposition, the GVMC Council has approved the tour and released the budget.

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