The ‘sugarloaf’ mountain may not look the same again

While the government is going ahead with construction of a bigger luxury resort atop Rushikonda in Vizag, environmentalists question its need now

This is for all the 17th and 18th century Dutch, French and English sailors who had braved the high seas to reach the port cities of Vizagapatam and Bheemunipatam (as they were then called) in their sailing ships: Your ‘sugarloaf’ mountain may not look the same in the future, as the existing Haritha Resort on the hill has been demolished to pave way for a bigger luxury resort.

This may also stand good for the Romans, who, in the 2nd century BC, had come all the way to Thotlakonda in oar-driven galley ships to trade with the Buddhist monks, or exchange notes on different philosophies.

The ‘Sugarloaf’ mountain, or colloquially called Rushikonda, had earned the sobriquet from the Europeans because from a distant horizon from the sea, the mountain looked like a loaf of sugar on a plateau.