GVP Black Spots Registration

After carrying out the physical survey of the city, 221 GVPs were identified.

To eliminate GVPs from Visakhapatnam, GVMC started

with provision of 100% door to door waste collection

service to avoid creation of new GVPs and the city

administration took it upon itself to eliminate all the

existing GVPs in the city.

Earlier, due to inefficient segregation at source and

lesser coverage of door to door to collection services,

the city was experiencing open disposal of garbage.

These points, also known as garbage vulnerable points

or black spots are areas in the neighborhood where

unofficial or indiscriminate dumping of garbage takes

place. In Visakhapatnam, GVPs earlier have caused

pollution of surface and of ground water, present

unsightly appearance along with posing threat to the

health of humans, wildlife and environment. Keeping in

view the various consequences arising from GVPs and

also to uplift the sanitation standards, municipal bodies

have begun to take a closer look at this unacceptable

disposal practice.