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The restoration work of Amaravati, like clearing of shrubs on the main roads, is going on at a fast pace. | Photo Credit: RAO GN
The most happening place in Andhra Pradesh now is Amaravati, the green-field capital city, which remained like a ghost city till a few days ago, but sprang to life quite unexpectedly with the formation of the new NDA government in the State.
“In the last three days, shrubs have been cleared on the main roads and barbed wires have been removed in the capital region,” B Ganesh, a farmer from Velagapudi in Amaravati, told businessline.
The capital project was shelved by the previous YSRCP government as the then chief minister had decided to shift the executive capital to Visakhapatnam and judicial establishment to Kurnool reducing Amaravati to be the legislative capital.
Supporters during the swearing-in ceremony of TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu and the state cabinet ministers, at Gannavaram in Krishana district.
Supporters during the swearing-in ceremony of TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu and the state cabinet ministers, at Gannavaram in Krishana district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Janasena Chief Pawan Kalyan and actor K Chiranjeevi during the swearing-in ceremony of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu, in Amaravati, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Union Ministers Amit Shah and Chirag Paswan are also seen.
**EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO** Amaravati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer and TDP supremo and Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu at the latter's swearing-in ceremony, in Amaravati, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_12_2024_000163B)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu at the latter's swearing-in ceremony, in Amaravati.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and N. Chandrababu Naidu after the latter was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh at Gannavaram on Wednesday.
**EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO** Amaravati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer, TDP supremo and newly sworn Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, state ministers Pawan Kalyan, Nara Lokesh and others during the ceremony, in Amaravati, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_12_2024_000173B)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu holds a meeting with his state cabinet ministers at his residence.
N. Chandrababu Naidu being sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh at Gannavaram in Krishna district on Wednesday.
Actor Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna at the swearing-in ceremony of Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, at Gannavaram in Krishna district
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at the swearing-in ceremony of Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, at Gannavaram in Krishna district.
Actor Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth Latha Rajinikanth and BJP State president Daggubati Purandeswari at the swearing-in ceremony of Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, at Gannavaram in Krishna district on Wednesday.
The NDA front of TDP-Jana Sena and BJP won the mandate, and retaining capital at Amaravati was one of the promises in the manifesto.
The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), which was dormant till recently, swung to action even before the swearing-in on Wednesday by deploying nearly 100 precleans to bring the capital region back in shape. The main roads have been cleared of blockades, erected by the previous government, and street-lights have been arranged to illuminate the roads.
The newly-appointed chief secretary, along with CRDA Commissioner Vivek Yadav, visited the region and surveyed the status. “The extent of damage to the roads, structures and other stalled infrastructure will be assessed by a specialist team after relevant directions from the new Chief Minister,’‘ said a senior official.
Many skilled workers who migrated to Telangana from the region for want of work are now planning to return to the State. “In 2018, when Amaravati works were in progress, I had a team of 30 electricians and vendors who migrated to Telangana after the work was halted by Jagan Reddy. They are coming back now to find work here,’‘ Nagul Meera, who runs Bhasha Electrical Works in Raipudi Village, said.
“Life will change for the better for us who lost everything after the shift of capital from here by the previous government, which converted us into workers from farmers,’‘ B Ganesh, a farmer from Mandadam, and one of the many from 29 villages who gave land through land-pooling for the capital.
According to Ramesh, a realtor in the capital region, land prices have more than doubled from ₹30,000 per square yard immediately after declaration of the election results on June 4. Many advertisement hoardings, announcing commercial and residential projects, have come up.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who originally conceived the idea of Amaravati and began works in his government during 2014-19, is likely to put in place an action plan, including revamping the CRDA and suitably empowering it to complete the construction of the capital on a priority basis.
Published on June 12, 2024
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