N., who saw Amravati situated on the banks of Krishna river as a dream capital and world class city about a decade ago. The return of Chandrababu Naidu has brought joy to the faces of those who were continuously fighting for the demand of developing Amaravati as a single state. state capital.
The landslide victory of the TDP-Jana Sena-BJP alliance and Chandrababu Naidu's announcement that Amaravati is the state capital is a big relief for farmers, who had given 33,000 acres of land for the development of the state capital in the hope of bright future. Future.
However, his dreams were shattered after the previous YSRCP government announced shifting of the administrative capital to Visakhapatnam.Even before the swearing-in of the new state government, officials started preparing the ground to resume work on the greenfield capital city after a gap of five years.
The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) has started clearing bushes around important buildings in Amaravati in a signal that the new government will resume work on a full scale.
The CRDA deployed dozens of workers and took the help of 83 cranes and tippers to clear bushes around under-construction buildings like the Secretariat, High Court, Seed Access Road and residential quarters for ministers, judges and MLAs. Residential Quarters and Mega Projects Work on other components of Amaravati came to a halt in December 2019 when the YSRCP government reversed the previous TDP government's decision to develop Amaravati as the state capital.
Nirabh Kumar Prasad, who took over as the state Chief Secretary four days ago, is currently monitoring the ongoing work to know the status of various components of the project.On December 17, 2023, the protest by farmers and women of Amravati completed four years. On December 17, 2019, the then Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy announced in the state assembly that three state capitals would be developed, reversing the previous TDP government's decision to develop Amaravati as the state capital.
The government planned to develop Visakhapatnam as the administrative capital, Kurnool as the judicial capital and Amaravati as the legislative capital only.
Farmers took up arms and challenged the move legally. Amravati Pariksha Samiti (APS), which is leading the agitation against the three capitals, conducted two padyatras in the last two years to garner public support for its demand.On March 3, 2022, the Andhra Pradesh High Court directed the state government to develop Amaravati as the state capital in six months.
In November 2022, the Supreme Court, while hearing the special leave petition filed by the state government, stayed the High Court's directions to develop infrastructure in Amaravati within the stipulated time frame. However, the Supreme Court stayed the second part of the judgment. Amravati was declared the capital of the state and the law on three capitals was not valid.
The new government is likely to resume work from Uddandarayunipalem, where the foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October 2015.
Chandrababu Naidu had the master plan of Amaravati prepared by Singapore. With nine theme cities and 27 townships, it was planned as a world-class city over an area of 217 square km.It was designed not only as an administrative capital but also as an economic and employment generation center and tourism hub, it was planned to be developed in three phases, the capital city and the capital region.
Amaravati subsequently attracted the attention of investors from countries like Australia, Japan, Germany, Singapore and Britain. Naidu's grand plans to build the state capital require an estimated Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Works worth Rs 38,000 crore on projects like roads and the state secretariat complex were started in 2018.
Since coming to power in 2019, Jagan Mohan Reddy has been saying that the welfare of the people and not Amaravati is his priority.Alleging a huge land scam in Amaravati, Jagan had claimed that Chandrababu Naidu and other TDP leaders resorted to insider trading as they had information about where the new capital was going to be located and had acquired key land titles at throwaway prices. Land purchased. The new TDP government put a stop to all work in Amaravati citing irregularities in awarding contracts by the previous YSRCP government.
Construction activity came to a halt and an environment of uncertainty arose, leading to a large decline in land prices.
The World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) were the first to exit the project to finance the development of Amaravati. The World Bank and AIIB had committed $300 million and $200 million, respectively, to the project.An estimated 24,000 farmer families took to the streets as their hopes for a bright future were dashed.
The real estate market, which was booming until early 2019, crashed with land values falling by more than 50 percent.
Thousands of workers, including a large number of migrants from states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, became unemployed. Farmers who had voluntarily given land ranging from half an acre to 50 acres were left in limbo as they felt that Jagan Mohan Reddy had given up on Chandrababu Naidu's This was done out of retaliation.
For every acre of cultivable land, farmers were promised 1,000 square yards residential plot and 250 square yard commercial plot with all infrastructure.They were also promised an annuity of Rs 50,000 per acre with an annual increase of 10 per cent. Almost all the farmers received allotment letters, but with the change of government in 2019, their dream of owning developed plots remained on paper. Went.The crushing defeat of YSRCP in the 2024 elections and the comeback of TDP has given them new hope.
The landslide victory of the TDP-Jana Sena-BJP alliance and Chandrababu Naidu's announcement that Amaravati is the state capital is a big relief for farmers, who had given 33,000 acres of land for the development of the state capital in the hope of bright future. Future.
However, his dreams were shattered after the previous YSRCP government announced shifting of the administrative capital to Visakhapatnam.Even before the swearing-in of the new state government, officials started preparing the ground to resume work on the greenfield capital city after a gap of five years.
The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) has started clearing bushes around important buildings in Amaravati in a signal that the new government will resume work on a full scale.
The CRDA deployed dozens of workers and took the help of 83 cranes and tippers to clear bushes around under-construction buildings like the Secretariat, High Court, Seed Access Road and residential quarters for ministers, judges and MLAs. Residential Quarters and Mega Projects Work on other components of Amaravati came to a halt in December 2019 when the YSRCP government reversed the previous TDP government's decision to develop Amaravati as the state capital.
Nirabh Kumar Prasad, who took over as the state Chief Secretary four days ago, is currently monitoring the ongoing work to know the status of various components of the project.On December 17, 2023, the protest by farmers and women of Amravati completed four years. On December 17, 2019, the then Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy announced in the state assembly that three state capitals would be developed, reversing the previous TDP government's decision to develop Amaravati as the state capital.
The government planned to develop Visakhapatnam as the administrative capital, Kurnool as the judicial capital and Amaravati as the legislative capital only.
Farmers took up arms and challenged the move legally. Amravati Pariksha Samiti (APS), which is leading the agitation against the three capitals, conducted two padyatras in the last two years to garner public support for its demand.On March 3, 2022, the Andhra Pradesh High Court directed the state government to develop Amaravati as the state capital in six months.
In November 2022, the Supreme Court, while hearing the special leave petition filed by the state government, stayed the High Court's directions to develop infrastructure in Amaravati within the stipulated time frame. However, the Supreme Court stayed the second part of the judgment. Amravati was declared the capital of the state and the law on three capitals was not valid.
The new government is likely to resume work from Uddandarayunipalem, where the foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October 2015.
Chandrababu Naidu had the master plan of Amaravati prepared by Singapore. With nine theme cities and 27 townships, it was planned as a world-class city over an area of 217 square km.It was designed not only as an administrative capital but also as an economic and employment generation center and tourism hub, it was planned to be developed in three phases, the capital city and the capital region.
Amaravati subsequently attracted the attention of investors from countries like Australia, Japan, Germany, Singapore and Britain. Naidu's grand plans to build the state capital require an estimated Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Works worth Rs 38,000 crore on projects like roads and the state secretariat complex were started in 2018.
Since coming to power in 2019, Jagan Mohan Reddy has been saying that the welfare of the people and not Amaravati is his priority.Alleging a huge land scam in Amaravati, Jagan had claimed that Chandrababu Naidu and other TDP leaders resorted to insider trading as they had information about where the new capital was going to be located and had acquired key land titles at throwaway prices. Land purchased. The new TDP government put a stop to all work in Amaravati citing irregularities in awarding contracts by the previous YSRCP government.
Construction activity came to a halt and an environment of uncertainty arose, leading to a large decline in land prices.
The World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) were the first to exit the project to finance the development of Amaravati. The World Bank and AIIB had committed $300 million and $200 million, respectively, to the project.An estimated 24,000 farmer families took to the streets as their hopes for a bright future were dashed.
The real estate market, which was booming until early 2019, crashed with land values falling by more than 50 percent.
Thousands of workers, including a large number of migrants from states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, became unemployed. Farmers who had voluntarily given land ranging from half an acre to 50 acres were left in limbo as they felt that Jagan Mohan Reddy had given up on Chandrababu Naidu's This was done out of retaliation.
For every acre of cultivable land, farmers were promised 1,000 square yards residential plot and 250 square yard commercial plot with all infrastructure.They were also promised an annuity of Rs 50,000 per acre with an annual increase of 10 per cent. Almost all the farmers received allotment letters, but with the change of government in 2019, their dream of owning developed plots remained on paper. Went.The crushing defeat of YSRCP in the 2024 elections and the comeback of TDP has given them new hope.
