Hitherto, People of residual Andhra Pradesh expected Vizag would be developed as the new capital of the state as the city had all qualities becoming a capital. Yet, the state government didn't oblige the wish of Vizag people then.
Even then, Vizag's people didn't lose their hearts and have been waiting for the announcement of special railway zone from the union railway ministry. Leaving a shocker to everyone, an yellow newspaper revealed that union government was contemplating to declare special railway zone to Vijayawada.
Everyone, now, makes out that AP's CM, Chandrababu Naidu, who is spending all the money for Vijayawada and capital development, is the reason for the shift of railway zone from Vizag to Vijayawada. Political analysts say caste factors are responsible for the heltger-skelter state of Vizag's special railway zone. According to the latest reports, the railway ministry didn't even announce the railway zone to Vijayawada either.