Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said they will invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the state to lay the foundation stone for the Visakhapatnam Railway Zone which was one of the key demands of the state following bifurcation.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Thursday, directed officials to formulate plans to develop Amaravati as the city of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
As a result, the unfinished roads and buildings were damaged and cost escalated to an enormous amount. The credit ratings of Amaravati bonds were affected negatively. The brand image of the state suffered and the confidence of investors was shaken.
The under-construction buildings of the proposed state capital were damaged under the previous YSRCP government of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy that had abandoned the project.
Naidu is scheduled to be sworn-in as chief minister on 12 June in the presence of a host of VIPs, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who are expected to attend the ceremony.
The Andhra chief minister contrasted his bete-noire for his anti-poor stance with his government’s decision to distribute 50,000 house pattas among the poor in Amaravati on 26 May.
With the Andhra Pradesh High Court giving its green signal, preparations were in full swing for the second Maha Padyatra by farmers to demand the development of Amaravati as the state capital.
Nearly 35 per cent of the urban population live in slums. More than 50 per cent of Covid cases have been traced to slums in 12 major cities where physical distance is a far cry and containment is a huge challenge. The Government of India's provision of Rs 70,000 crore for rental housing in PPP looks like a single pony trick which achieves very little with underlying factors not being addressed. Slums have come up not because of poverty and encroachments alone, but because of lack of affordable housing on the one hand and failed policies on the other. The Town Planning Act of 1947 does not factor in the urban poor, workmen and migrant labour.
The richest religious body in the country, the TTD has been in the news of late with reports of a cash crunch following the Covid-19 induced lockdown and the resultant freeze on contributions from the devotees.
Several opposition leaders were either detained or placed under house arrest in Andhra Pradesh as protests rocked Amaravati and surrounding districts on Monday, ahead of a crucial Assembly session. Tension prevailed as people took to streets to demand that Amaravati be continued as the only state capital.
