Vizianagaram administration is focussing on land acquisition for developmental around Bhogapuram international airport and other places, said Vizianagaram Collector S. Ramsunndar Reddy and Joint Collector S. Sedhu Madhavan during a meeting with Revenue Department, Roads and Buildings Department, Irrigation Department and municipal authorities on Monday.

The Collector informed that the government has finally managed to complete the acquisition of 2712.51 acres of land for the construction of the airport and approach roads to the airport, after facing difficulties with regards to land acquisition.

He further informed that officials were now looking to acquire acquire 204.53 acres to complete the Tarakarama Teertha sagar project, crucial for supplying water to the Bhogapuram international airport. Gazette notifications are expected soon for land acquisition for road developmental works in several routes including Vizianagaram-Kothavalasa, Pendurthi-Bobbili, Raipur-Visakhapatnam and others.

Officials are hopeful that after the development of roads between Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam route many software industries would set up office in Vizianagaram district. The government is also keen to acquire private lands for the development IT clusters in Bhogapuram and surrounding areas., they informed at the meeting.