DC name your capital campaign
DC is running a campaign where readers can send us a name for the capital
Hyderabad: Girls and boys who gathered in Deccan Chronicle office on Sunday to receive cash prize as part of ‘DC Clean Drive’ contest, came up with several names for the new capital of Andhra Pradesh which is in the limits of Guntur district and very closer to Vijayawada.
These students from different colleges of the city want their new capital not be named after some personalities like NTR, YSR but expect it to be something that represents the people of AP.
Bezawada, Greater Bezawada and just Vijayawada are few of the names that were proposed.
DC is running a campaign where readers can send us a name for the capital along with a few words of justification.
Send us your opinions along with your passport size photograph to info@deccanmail.com and vij@deccanmail.com and get your opinions published.
Opinions of two guys among the group
Shubham Benarjee, native of West Bengal and student at School of Planning and Architecture suggests the entire capital name be Vijayawada.
"As Vijayawada is much known than Guntur. I would suggest the name Vijayawada for capital", Shubham says.
Bala Ram, an engineering student suggests VGTM. "VGTM is Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali and Mangalagiri all the four towns are now under capital region and VGTM UDA already exists and became enough popular", Bala Ram says.