Four bridges to link Krishna-Guntur region

 

“We will consider a few of the suggestions of the Sivaramakrishna Comm-ittee, but not everything. Some of the suggestions like developing Vizag IT hub and road connectivity are already on the agenda of the government. The CM is for administrative capital region near Vijayawada and not a capital-cum-destination centre like Hyderabad. Tirupati will be the student destination, the job destination will be Vizag. Industries destination will be Rayalaseema, Tourism destination will be Godavari, Araku and Tirupati,” he added.

 

Mr Naidu has clarity on the new capital location and model and the Planning Department of AP has prepared a detailed project report on it. As claimed by the Sivar-amakrishna Committee, Hyderabad is a “honey pot” as it was both the administrative capital and was the destination for all the 23 districts for education, jobs, tourism, industries and other allied activities. 

 

But the capital region planned near Vijayawada will have only administrative buildings including CM’s office, Secretariat, Assembly, High Court, Commissionerates, Directorates and all state-level offices. 

 

Top educational institutions like IIT, IIM except AIIMS (as the capital needs a top medical facility) will be distributed. Vizag will be the IT hub and industries zone, Kakinada the hardware hub and Rayalaseema a destination of industries.

 

He added, “Vinukonda, Martur and Donakonda were proposed for the CM office, Secretariat and Assembly buildings, but have no social life.”

 

Vinukonda has been facing serious water shortages and Marutur is fluoride affected.” Four new suspension (metal cable) bridges on the river Krishna will be constructed to connect Krishna and Guntur districts. “No pillars like regular bridges will be erected and there will be no delay in construction of these bridges. We will use the latest technology to construct these bridges,” said a top state functionary said.

 

To have easy access to different parts of the capital region, multi transport system will be developed including metro rail. Officials say that both Guntur and Krishna district revenue authorities have identified a total of 52,000 acre of revenue, endowments, forest, hillock and promboke land available in the area within the proposed ORR of VGTM UDA. 

 

“There is no need of 30,000 or 50,000 acre land at one place. We have land near Tadepalli of Guntur, Nuzivid, Gollapalli endowment land, Ganavaram, Milk factory area in Vijayawada.”

 

“The capital region will be like Washington DC of US and Vizag will be like New York, the financial capital,” said an official. Key areas that fall under Capital region Krishna district

Vijayawada Urban, Vijayawada Rural, Ibrahimpatnam, Penamaluru, Kankipadu, Ungutur, Vyuuru, Tothlavallur, Gannavaram Guntur district Guntur , Kollipara, Tenali, Duggirala, Pedakakani, Tadepalli, Tadikonda and Tulluru.