This is the question many senior railway officials are wondering even if the demand to have Visakhapatnam HQ has been there for years. “It makes sense to have zonal HQ at State capital because it is centrally located and gone are the days when Railways was doing everything on its own. These days most new projects are being taken up with the States picking up 50% or two-thirds the cost,” they say. Actual demand has been to move Viskhapatnam out of ECR into SCR, which later on took traction into a movement for separate railway zone following AP bifurcation, aver senior officials. Moreover, having zonal HQ in Visakhapatnam means top officials being located in the top corner of A.P.

Source: The Hindu February 11, 2018 19:30 UTC