Amaravati works: Legislators’ residential complex to be ready in 9 months
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu is speeding up the construction of capital Amaravati and has initiated a temporary ‘jungle clearance’ exercise. Urban development minister Ponguru Narayana said Amaravati would be constructed by following the original Master Plan with the aim of AP having “one of the world’s top five capital cities.” The plan was to be implemented in three phases. Some 29,966 farmers from 29 villages of Amaravati had offered 34,400 acres of land under the Land Pooling System mooted by the former TD government with a provision for ‘returnable’ plots. Assembly Speaker Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu inspected the legislators’ building complex, conducted a review meeting with CRDA officials and asked them to complete the works in nine months.