The opulent Rushikonda Palace in Vishakapatnam, constructed with government exchequer at the behest of the then Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to house his residence, has turned into a White Elephant for the current regime led by Chandrababu Naidu. Even after 16 months since coming to power, Naidu’s government is unable to figure out the exact purpose for which the palatial building could be used.

After dilly dallying for several months, the government has finally decided to seek public opinions for effective and best utilisation of the buildings and the adjoining 9 acres of land. The tourism department of Andhra Pradesh has invited valuable and tourism oriented suggestions from the people of the state for lucrative usage of the palace so that the wasteful expenditure splurged on the

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