Library Society seeks GVMC support amid financial crisis
The Joint Visakhapatnam District Library Society has requested support from the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation due to financial difficulties affecting public libraries. They highlighted the need for a dedicated office building and addressed safety concerns regarding the Children's Branch Library. The Society also called for the release of pending funds and permission to operate libraries in vacant government buildings.
- ▪The Library Society is facing financial and infrastructural challenges.
- ▪They have requested a dedicated office building of at least 5,000 square feet.
- ▪The Children's Branch Library is in a structurally unsafe condition and needs relocation.
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The Joint Visakhapatnam District Library Society, Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha (ZGS), has urged the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) to address mounting financial and infrastructural challenges threatening the functioning of public libraries across the city.Society Chairman Vannemreddy Satish Kumar met GVMC Commissioner Ketan Karg on Monday and submitted a petition highlighting critical concerns, including the urgent need for a dedicated office building of at least 5,000 square feet, as the District Central Library currently operates out of a dilapidated rented premises.The Society flagged the precarious condition of the Children’s Branch Library in Ward 36, Rangireeju Street, describing the building as structurally unsafe and posing a serious risk of accident to readers,…
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