Vizag going to take the first step to becoming a smart city soon. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), additional commissioner, M. Janaki, said a team of American businessmen and Indian US-India Business Council (USIBC) will be visiting Vizag in the next month.

Janaki was the representative in the conclave Vizag US and India Smart Cities recently concluded in New Delhi. Minister of Urban Development, Venkaiah Naidu said that guidelines on what constitutes a "smart city" will be developed before the start of 2016.

While Ajmer and Allahabad are also in the plan to be developed as smart cities by the US, the USIBC prefer to visit Vizag first.

The USIBC team visits consist of entrepreneurs operate private companies already in partnerships with municipal corporations in different cities.

Janaki said that once the team visits Vizag and a meeting takes place, it was decided that the services GVMC can be opened to private actors. The privatization of solid waste management and water management are on the cards.

However, an important question that remains in the city is of poor segregation of waste that must be addressed first.

Smart City, according to the discussions that took place in the conclave will be initiatives to service delivery by the most efficient and transparent criteria. It would also mean the improvement of city infrastructure such as water supply, storm drains and transport as well as providing impetus to tourism.

Members USIBC noted in the conclave that authorization single window projects and ideas to facilitate the transition to a smart city is required.

This is from now is not possible, because as in other metro cities, Vizag not have an office of a mayor. However, Janaki said that the proposed transformation Authority Visakhapatnam Urban Development (Vuda) in Metropolitan Development Authority Visakhapatnam (VMDA) is carried out, which will be headed by the Prime Minister, the issue will be resolved once the N itself . Chandrababu Naidu.