visakhapatnam american companies are ready to extend support in the prime areas of energy sanitation transportation and security as integral parts of the smart cities usas minister counsellor for commercial affairs john mccaslin said here on friday speaking at an interactive session with various government agencies including district administration vuda gvmc and other major departments in the city he said the american government was interested in extending support to the development of smart cities in ap specific technology projects in the automotive sector transportation connectivity linking of the east coast with the west coast through excellent sea transport connectivity infrastructure and other areas have been chosen for working together with the indian and ap governments john mccaslin said recalling that the american delegation had a meeting with chief minister n chandrababu naidu earlier he said the us team of officials was visiting vizag for assessing possibilities of collaboration in various sectors initiating the session district collector n yuvaraj explained to the visiting team various possibilities and opportunities of development in and around visakhapatnam considering the priority given to vizag by both the central and state governments world class development proposals are in the pipeline in the areas of it manufacturing commerce tourism infrastructure and other sectors yuvaraj said vudas initiatives have made the vizag region investorfriendly and the upcoming petroleum chemical and petrochemical investment region pcpir will enable many possibilities in growth and development he added an international greenfield airport near bhogapuram outer ring road parallel to nh16 incentives to the it sector new ports along the east coast in the pcpir area and many other prominent proposals are being worked upon as part of state and central government initiatives yuvaraj said adding that single window approvals would be an added advantage to investors in the visakhapatnam area the joint collector and incharge commissioner of gvmc praveen kumar explained the various civic services being offered by the corporation and urged the american team to suggest better methods to upgrade their civic services incharge vuda vicechairman and eastern power distribution company of andhra pradesh ltd cmd seshagiri babu apprised the team of epdcls various power distribution and supply schemes in visakhapatnam circle