VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is planning to terminate the services of lifeguards who have been saving lives of those about to drown on beaches, after the present contract ends on March 31.
Vizag beaches witnessed a series of drowning deaths in 2010 and 2012 which dented the image of city. Stung by criticism that local bodies failed to control the drowning deaths, the GVMC, with the support of a few other departments, recruited the lifeguardson contract basis to assist the city police in rescue activities.
