In a last-minute change, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday junked his plans of announcing the state's new capital to Thursday for "auspicious" reasons.

On Dashami which falls on Thursday, the government is expected to declare the state capital between Vijayawada and Guntur, a proposal that was rejected by the Sivaramakrishnan Committee, appointed to look for a new capital.

The five-member panel headed by former Urban Development Secretary K Sivaramakrishnan had ruled in favour of Donakonda in Prakasam district, about 175 km south of Vijayawada. But Naidu is said to be not keen on it, saying a capital cannot be created in the middle of nowhere with no airport or other facilities.

Telugu Desam Party MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao also alleged that the Sivaramakrishnan committee had not done proper groundwork and had picked Donakonda without even visiting the town.

In case of problems in land acquisition in the Vijayawada-Guntur stretch, the state government has decided to look for alternate sites in Nuzvedu in Krishna district, about 40 km away from Vijayawada.

Sivaramakrishnan panel had opposed the Vijayawada-Guntur stretch stating that it could cause ecological problems as vast stretches of land are still under cultivation which would be converted into a concrete jungle.

Andhra Pradesh will share Hyderabad as a capital with Telangana, carved out of the state earlier this year, for the next 10 years.