The people opposed this proposal saying that allocating this huge land for a private organisation is not welcoming. The recent visit to the site by Jaggi Vasudev, Minister Ganta Srinivas Rao and others irked the people there. The site is just four kilometres away from the Hyderabad-Vijayawada Highway which is close to the Krishna river as well. The land rate per acre is said to be Rs 2 crores which is definitely a whooping amount. So, many are not willing to give away this land to the private organisation.
Congress leader Malladi Vishnu said "It is a well-known fact that it was difficult to allocate even a few acres to prestigious educational institutes like the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), in a land starved district like Krishna. The scarcity of land and the abnormal prices have discouraged many government firms and entrepreneurs from establishing their institutions in the district. In this backdrop, how can the government dare to allocate nearly 500 acres of prime land close to the national highway in Vijayawada that is near the proposed capital city of Amaravathi."
