It was named after the town which existed before the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was constructed.

The Maaghapournami is celebrated in February through March, the people from surrounding villages bathe in the sea.

While 1,270 families accepted the compensation package and agreed to vacate their houses, 350 owing allegiance to the Vedika refused to leave the village, demanding categorical assurance from the management of the private port to provide permanent jobs to at least one member of the project-affected family.

[1] The whole village was vacated and construction of the port began in December 2005, and commercial operations commenced in August 2008.

The port was formally inaugurated in July 2009, by the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.