A metro railway station is set to come up in place of the proposed Rs 7.3 crore four-storeyed modernised fish market adjacent to the RTC Complex in the central business district. Officials of the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) have confirmed, the development body was entrusted to complete the project on an area of 900 square yards with support from the state fisheries department.
“Visakhapatnam is all set to have a metro railway connection and as per the initial plan, the RTC Complex metro station would come up in the same place where the proposed fish market was scheduled to come up. No alternative plans have been chalked out yet to shift the fish market project,” K Ram Mohan Rao, superintendent engineer of VMRDA said.