Changing the timings of Gomteshwara and running it on an opposite slot to the YPR KAWR Intercity (both becoming dailies) would be ideal.
On paper, Matsyagandha and 12134 (which could do with more coaches) doing a zone-swap would be perfect.
There...
more... should be no excuses for not running the VJP special upto MAQ.
SR cannot continue to take things for granted and deny these requests any further. If the next batch of new trains from MAQ CDO are again focused on Malabar, that might just become the last straw.