VIJAYAWADA: Municipal administration and urban development minister Ponguru Narayana on Friday disclosed that, as planned, nine new cities will come up as part of Amaravati Capital Master Plan.
The nine cities include a health city and a sports city.
The minister said the tender process has been completed and clearing of jungles will start in Amaravati next Monday or Wednesday. He underlined that the halted Amaravati Happy Nest project will also be restarted.
Narayana indicated that two other roads will be developed to Amaravati Capital from the Chennai-Kolkata Highway in addition to the Seed Axis Road.
He pointed out that the Capital Region Development Authority has agreed to connect E5, E11, E13 and E15 roads from Seed Capital to the Vijayawada-Chennai national highway.
The minister said it has been decided to call for tenders and immediately start work for building the Karakatta road with four lanes with a central divider.
He pointed out that four more iconic bridges will be built on the inner and outer ring roads in Amaravati. Currently, there are two bridges over Krishna River and another one will be made available soon. In all, there will be seven bridges on Krishna River, Narayana added.
