Visakhapatnam is the next city on the metro rail map after Hyderabad in the unified Andhra Pradesh. Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari said she was very much committed to bringing Metro rail to Visakhapatnam. On the sidelines of Visakha Air Travellers' Association (VATA) in connection with its 16th anniversary celebrations held last week, the meeting was held at the Andhra University Platinum Jubilee Hall.

The Union minister for urban development Kamalnath has written a letter to the Ms. Purandeswari in this regard and informed that Visakhapatnam has been granted the BRTS under the JNNURM scheme. However Mr.Kamalnath said his ministry is ready to offer 50% of the detailed project report, if the state is ready with the project report.