visakhapatnam at its first council meeting on april 9 the greater visakhapatnam municipal corporation gvmc accorded in principle approval to develop mudasarlova park with rs 50 crore constructed in 1902 mudasarlova park is one of the oldest parks in the region popular as mudasarlova water reservoir for the reservoir located near the park it is one of the drinking water sources of the city located in the heart of vizag the park is surrounded by lush greenery and hills apart from being a picnic spot the park also has a golf club in its premises gvmc mayor g hari venkata kumari said that the park would regain its past glory with the proposed developmental works it is located pretty close to the city and would serve as a great recreational destination for residents the mayor said around three years ago the visakhapatnam urban development authority later renamed visakhapatnam metropolitan region development authority proposed to develop the park with themebased entertainments after floating an expression of interest eoi for an architectural landscape consulting agency to prepare the master plan the development agency prepared a concept plan to make mudasarlova stand out among other parks in the city the major attractions of the concept plan included an arts and crafts village signature pavilion cultural amphitheatre water parksports theme village grand central water body forest board walk a shipshaped restaurant and food courts and children play zone as part of the concept plan vuda also proposed developing an 8acre mango orchard in the park into a dedicated picnic spot some revenuegenerating themes were also planned by vuda it was estimated that park revitalisation may cost around rs 30 crore however due to various reasons the project did not make progress now the gvmc would appoint a consultant for the park designs by floating and expression of interest eoi soon