The will soon set upUnity Mallin the proposed executive capital of the state as the government authorities had already identified suitable land on the beach road.
The government is to focus on the promotion and sale of the states own district, one product (ODOPs), GI products, and other handicraft products, and for providing space for such products of all other states, in Visakhapatnam. The authorities had identified a 10-acre land parcel near Rama Naidu Studios on the beach road near the Rushikonda area.
It is recalled that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during the union budget this year, said that the Centre would encourage state governments to start Unity Malls in the capitals of the states or in other major cities. The ODOP is an initiative by the Union Government to promote district-wise special products.