Visakhapatnam: Difference between revisions

Law and order in the city is dealt by [[Visakhapatnam City Police]], equipped with a Police Commissionerate with Commissioner of Police as the head and with assisted by three [[Deputy Commissioner of Police (India)|deputy commissioners]] for different zones.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Website of Visakhapatnam Police|url=http://vizagcitypolice.gov.in/VSPAboutUs.html#|website=vizagcitypolice.gov.in|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516105931/http://vizagcitypolice.gov.in/VSPAboutUs.html|archive-date=16 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The current City Police Commissioner is Mr. Manish Kumar Sinha.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gilai|first=Harish|date=2020-10-09|title=Police to issue licence for temporary cracker shops|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/police-to-issue-licence-for-temporary-cracker-shops/article32807715.ece|access-date=2020-10-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority]] (VMRDA) is an urban planning agency that covers the GVMC and its suburbs covering, two corporations, one municipality, one nagar panchayat and 895 villages from two districts of Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.<ref name="area">{{cite web|title=Key Facts on VMR|url=http://www.vuda.gov.in/pdf/rfp%20for%20area%20development%20plans%2017-9-2015%20FINAL.pdf|website=Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority|access-date=15 February 2016|pages=44–45|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013742/http://www.vuda.gov.in/pdf/rfp%20for%20area%20development%20plans%2017-9-2015%20FINAL.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="thehinducivic" /> The expanded area of the city, Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region extends to {{Convert|4873|km2|abbr=on}} with a population of [[Indian numbering system|50,18,000]] (Western: 5,018,000) and is under the administration of [[Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Upgradation of VMRDA|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/vizag-to-get-bigger-adds-1200-sq-km/articleshow/65253498.cms|access-date=21 December 2018|work=The Times of India|date=13 August 2018|location=Visakhapatnam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914111503/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/vizag-to-get-bigger-adds-1200-sq-km/articleshow/65253498.cms|archive-date=14 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=VMRDA loses 1,628 sq.km to new urban development body|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/vmrda-loses-1628-sq-km-to-new-urban-development-body/articleshow/67966181.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=13 February 2019|location=Visakhapatnam}}</ref><ref name="metro">{{cite web|title=Key Facts on VMR|url=http://www.vuda.gov.in/pdf/rfp%20for%20area%20development%20plans%2017-9-2015%20FINAL.pdf|website=Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority|access-date=21 December 2015|pages=44–45|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013742/http://www.vuda.gov.in/pdf/rfp%20for%20area%20development%20plans%2017-9-2015%20FINAL.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>