Brand Vizag getting promoted in a big way: Lokesh

Visakhapatnam: Brand Vizag will get a shot in the arm with several big ticket projects being set up in Visakhapatnam, IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh said here on Monday.

After taking part in the ground-making ceremony of a five star hotel and studio apartment complex on the beach road, he said TCS is getting ready to to open a 10,000-seater development centre here.

He said the coalition government is committed to make Bhogapuram International Airport at the earliest and develop the city as a intech and IT hub.

Lokesh also predicted a bright future for tourism in and around the city. He said Lulu Group is investing in AP again because of its confidence in the coalition government.

Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the industrial landscape of the city is changing fast.

Bhuvaneswari, mother of Lokesh, Ministers Vangalapudi Anitha, Kollu Ravindra and others were present.