Modi to launch restart of Amaravati capital works
VIJAYAWADA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Amaravati on May 2 to relaunch the Amaravati capital works.
Chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu announced this after completion of the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday. He emphasized the need for close coordination between leaders of the three political parties in the reconstruction efforts.
Sources said the CMO was contacted by the PMO on Tuesday to inform it of Modi’s schedule. Naidu swiftly asked ministers and officials to make elaborate arrangements. The PM’s meeting venue would be at the back of the Amaravati secretariat.
Special buses, parking facilities and security arrangements are being made for this meeting, which would be attended by around one lakh people.
The sources stated the PM would initiate development works worth about one lakh crore rupees in Amaravati and across the state, from the stage there.
Naidu informed his ministers that the focus would be on development projects, specifically the establishment of a permanent secretariat, state assembly, high court and roads over the next three years.
He asked ministers to expedite the resolution of revenue-related issues and look into complaints of police interference in such matters. Implementation of the Surya Ghar scheme should be accelerated.
The CM expressed frustration over the lack of progress in some areas despite repeated reminders to his ministers. They also failed to effectively counter the false narratives spread by the YSR Congress regarding the cow deaths in Tirupati, he said.
He said, “While we are implementing unique welfare programmes, the ministers are failing to reach the message to the public. Let us work in unison, taking into account district-level collaboration to ensure that development and welfare programmes reach the people in full.”
Naidu felt that despite repeated taunts, there was no significant change in the ministers' performance. Mistakes made by personal secretaries and OSDs (officers on special duty) adversely impacted the government, he said, and stressed that these issues must be rectified promptly.
