Cabinet to take a decision on Rushikonda

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Minister for Tourism Kandula Durgesh chaired a Cabinet Sub-Committee gathering  astatine  Secretariat successful  Amaravati, portion    ministers Payyavula Keshav (Finance) and Dola Sri Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy (Social Welfare) participated virtually   connected  Tuesday (April 07).

Minister for Tourism Kandula Durgesh chaired a Cabinet Sub-Committee gathering astatine Secretariat successful Amaravati, portion ministers Payyavula Keshav (Finance) and Dola Sri Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy (Social Welfare) participated virtually connected Tuesday (April 07). | Photo Credit: HANDOUT

The authorities volition soon instrumentality a determination done the Cabinet connected however to enactment the Rushikonda palace successful Visakhapatnam metropolis of Andhra Pradesh to use, the Cabinet Sub-Committee decided astatine its gathering held connected Tuesday.

The Cabinet Sub-Committee, constituted by the conjugation authorities to analyse the utilisation of the Rushikonda buildings, held its 5th gathering astatine the Secretariat successful Amaravati. Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh chaired the gathering astatine his bureau successful Secretariat, portion Ministers Payyavula Keshav (Finance) and Dola Sri Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy (Social Welfare) participated virtually.

Speaking to media, Mr. Durgesh said the committee deliberated connected earlier decisions taken successful the erstwhile 4 meetings and explored options to unfastened the Rushikonda palace successful Visakhapatnam for nationalist visits portion besides converting it into a revenue-generating plus for the government.

The committee noted that, arsenic per CRZ norms, 2,400 quadrate metres of onshore is disposable connected the hilltop and different 2,400 quadrate metres astatine the foothill, totalling 4,800 quadrate metres. Discussions were held connected however champion to utilise the disposable onshore successful a mode beneficial to the public.

Minister Durgesh said the sheet is focusing connected due utilisation of the spot and revealed that planetary hospitality groups specified arsenic Taj Hotels, Atmosphere Core, the Leela Palaces Hotels and Resorts, and Fema Hotels person shown involvement successful managing the facility.

He expressed interest that owed to incorrect decisions taken by the erstwhile YSRCP government, astir Rs. 25 lakh per period of nationalist wealth is being spent connected attraction and energy alone.

The committee volition taxable its last study to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, aft which the State Cabinet volition instrumentality a last call.

Published - April 07, 2026 03:33 p.m. IST

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