As per the estimates urban population in the state, based on the current rates of growth, may vary between 35 to 50 percent of the total population of the state by 2011. As class I towns are growing faster, it is estimated that by 2011, there may be 55 such towns in the state as against 32 in 1991. Hyderabad is likely to become a mega city with about 7.5 million population and Visakhapatnam is likely to touch the three million mark. The three cities viz., Vijayawada, Guntur and Warangal are likely to join the ranks of metros. Other class I cities are also likely to grow contributing to the fast urbanisation of the state1.