Guntur Municipal Corporation cracks down on hotels, restaurants causing traffic disruptions

Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) Commissioner Puli Srinivasulu announced strict action against hotels, restaurants, tea and tiffin stalls operating without designated parking spaces and causing traffic obstruction. During an inspection on Saturday in areas including Srikrishnadevaraya Nagar, Bhagyanagar, Tufan Nagar, and Peddapalakaluru, the Commissioner directed officials on sanitation, encroachments, and property tax enforcement.

At Gujjanagundla Centre, the Commissioner ordered the seizure of Ravi Crazy Foods for converting a road into a parking zone despite repeated warnings. He noted the ongoing construction of Brodipet Rail Over Bridge and emphasized that steps like road widening and anti-encroachment drives are already in progress to ease congestion.

He also identified several households in Bhagyanagar and Tufan Nagar defaulting on property and water taxes, urging timely payments to ensure better civic services. In Peddapalakaluru, public complaints about mosquito-breeding due to stagnant water in vacant plots led to orders for issuing notices to plot owners. If unresponsive, GMC boards will be installed on those sites, he warned.