Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu restarted works for AP’s world-class Amaravati Capital City at Rayapudi in Amaravati on Saturday. “I will build Amaravati as the capital city of Andhra Pradesh in three years,” he declared while relaunching works in the capital region.
“We have already re-established life in capital Amaravati. We will make Visakhapatnam the financial capital of AP. We will develop Kurnool by establishing industries and a bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court,” Chandrababu Naidu emphasised.
He made it a point to underline that Amaravati will be developed without spending any funds. “Amaravati has already been declared as a self-financing capital. We did not spend any funds while developing Hyderabad too. We allotted land and supplied water and electricity to those who created assets and developed Hyderabad city,” the Chief Minister pointed out.
He charged previous rulers of AP with repeatedly lying, saying building Amaravati as capital will cost ₹1 lakh crore. He maintained that Vision 2047 is only aimed at developing Andhra Pradesh. “420s cannot understand my vision. Just a call by me led to 29,881 farmers coming forward to donate 34,241 acres in the Amaravati region,” he maintained.
Chandrababu Naidu thanked women for launching a valiant fight against the previous government over the issue of Amaravati. He said he too joined their fight. "Only a sacred powerful force saved this land, where none other than the Prime Minister laid the foundation,” he underlined, recalling that the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh did not have any capital when the state got bifurcated.
Relaunching the works in the capital region, the Chief Minister emphasised that the central government has already come forward to extend ₹15,000 crore assistance to the state. He disclosed that the residential towers for ministers, MLAs and all-India service officers will be completed soon.
Chandrababu Naidu described Amaravati as the capital of Gods. He said globally renowned institutions like VIT and SRM universities have already started their operations in AP from Amaravati. He said the Xavier School of Management, formerly known as Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), will soon have its unit in Amaravati. A law school will also be established. He expressed confidence that all the top 10 institutes in the country will have their branches in Amaravati.
"I have already made an appeal to the centre for a bullet train covering Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Amaravati. The World Bank has given its consent to sanction a loan for Amaravati. I want all the work to be completed on time," the Chief Minister said.
