The Andhra Pradesh government led by Chandrababu Naidu began work in 2014 to establish the capital city after the state was divided. It was decided, with all parties' consent, to develop Amaravati as the capital city between Guntur and Vijayawada. The area of the capital city is 217.23 kms. is slated for construction. out of which 16.94 sq. km. constitute the seed capital area. It has 31 towns in Mangalagiri, Tullur and Tadepalli. Amaravati is 12 km southwest of Vijayawada city and 24 km north of Guntur city. It was conceived of by the Chandrababu government at the time.
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The new capital's land was acquired in a novel manner, primarily through contracts with farmers for plots in the developed city. 30,000 acres were recruited from 25,000 farmers in 60 days. On October 22, 2015, Vijayadashami, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the groundwork for the capital city's construction. M. Venkaiah Naidu, the then-Union Urban Development Minister, laid the foundation stone for the Andhra Pradesh Administration Building Complex on October 28, 2016. In the period of January 2016, Nara Chandrababu Naidu established the groundwork stone of the impermanent secretariat building complex. The administration was supposed to leave that location by June 2015, The Legislative Assembly started on March 2, 2017, marking the beginning of administration.
How far the Amaravati works have been?
Since 2017, a temporary assembly and secretariat have been constructed as part of the construction of Amaravati, the capital. After that the High Court building was ready ,the exercises began here from 2019.
Andhra Pradesh High Court
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Development work for extremely durable convenience of government authorities has begun. The MLA and MLC quarters were the first of these, and their construction is almost 80 percent complete. In a similar vein, the buildings built for IAS and IPS officers are also 90% finished. The quarters for Group 3 and Group 4 employees are almost done being built. The Judge's Quarters construction has also begun.
The construction of infrastructure in the capital region has been given top priority. In Amaravati, a seeded access road with six lanes is almost complete. Only 5 kilometers of road remain to link it to National Highway 16. The majority of internal roads have also begun. Additionally, construction of an underground water supply pipe line has begun, with approximately 30% of this work completed. The majority of these pipes have been gathered and kept.
The future city of Amaravati as proposed by the Chandrababu Naidu Government
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The underpinnings of the 50 celebrated building which is supposed to be known as the world's biggest and most lovely secretariat after the finish of the development have been finished. Here, there are three towers. There will be 42 floors in two of them. The master plan states that these will be Seed Capital's iconic buildings.
Aside from this many works have been begun. While some are in the pillars stage, others are in the foundation stage. The government changed at this point. Later, everything came to a pause.However, these half-finished projects have been put on hold for four and a half years due to the YCP government taking on three capitals. The workers for hire who hung tight for a couple of days have likewise gone out from that point.
What were the authorities comments?
A total of 270 square kilometers are being used to construct the capital city. Parks and other communal uses have been allocated 30% of the land. Building 1,600 kilometers of roads has been proposed. By the time the works are stopped, according to officials, they will be in various stages worth Rs 36,960 crore. At that time, officials from the CRDA disclosed that 77% of the works would be finished if the construction was finished. Officials have previously disclosed that Rs. 12,986 crores are being spent on the first phase of road construction and Rs. 12,545 crores are being spent on land acquisition.
Amravati Government Complex
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What's going on right now?
In the event that there is nobody who has been dealing with it for very nearly four and a half years ' the half-finished developments of Amaravati have grown up around the thistle brambles, water has deteriorated in certain establishments. The foundations of the iconic buildings, in particular, are stuck in the water. At the very least, there is no way to get to the area where the work is being done from the road. The under construction structures gave up after four and a half years of neglect. Among the designs here, the Venkatesha temple worked under the sponsorship of TTD is the one in particular that has been finished. However, in contrast to the previous plan, it was built in a very small space.
Under construction complex in Amaravati
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Present Situation in Amaravati:
There has been a loss of crores of rupees in public funds. Few buildings remain in poor condition on halfway roads.
There are also allegations of scams in land accusations by the previous YSRCP government over which the Crime Investigation Department (CID) had filed charge sheets and legal proceedings are underway, making it a key challenge for the incumbent government to deal with.
The iconic Buddha Statue in Amaravati
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The TDP government came back after five years. Party pioneer Chandrababu said that the development work of the capital will be taken up following his government formation. But up until this point, how long will the buildings that have been stopped in half construction be used? How do underground pipelines currently look? In the event that the ground needs to be cleared from the beginning rather than for the initial constructions, how much additional money will be required? What methods do you use to accumulate funds? These are unanswered inquiries as of now. It is fascinating how the Chandrababu government will now provide the people with the answers to these questions through its actions.
