Last year when the Railway Minister visited Visakhapatnam there were rumours from local BJP leaders that the foundation stone for new Rly zone will be laid in present DRM office in Visakhapatnam city and has identified about 10 acres where rlys quaters existed. There was also news that he inspected the site in his visit. in 2023-24 they have allocated 10crs for Rly zone headquaters and with this allocation as per the news now premilinary works will be carried out but land is not handed over.
They are just trying to keep the issue awake from the past 4 yrs after the DPR is prepared with boundaries and submitted to ministry. Every decision in Rlys is POLITICAL and who knows they...
more... will issue a gazatte notification in Feb 2024 before election code and nothing in ground, anything can happen just like issuing notification for extention of VB in Madhya Pradesh on late Sunday evening.