VARWA – NIVAS are two organizations representing the residents of apartments and colonies in Greater Visakhapatnam.
Visakhapatnam Apartment Residents’ Welfare Association (VARWA) was formed in 2005 (Regd. No. 1319/2005) with a view to take up the issues of the people residing in apartments in as much as to encourage sports, cultural, health, literary and social activities which will play a vital role in the development of GVMC. The motive behind the organization is to propagate social and communal harmony and protect democratic values.
Greater Visakha Resident Colony Associations’ Federation (NIVAS) also came into existence in 2011 (Regd. No. 501/2011) for working among colony residents on similar lines.