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After fertile lands, now forest : Casualties of Amaravati

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After fertile lands, now forest : Casualties of Amaravati

The Andhra Pradesh government is all set to cut down an extent of 43,000 acres of forest near Vijayawada-Guntur districts to make room for the proposed mega city of Amaravati which is expected to outdo all other metros in India.

The irony  is that this is happening days after launching of a massive campaign across the State to plant saplings to improve green cover in Andhra Pradesh,

Already there is a lot of resentment  over the way about  35,000 acres of fertile agricultural lands on the banks of river Krihna were being destroyed for the capital development, the government has now decided to use forest land in Krishna, West Godavari and Guntur districts for the same purpose.

This was disclosed by none other than Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu himself soon after the master plan of the seed capital was presented  to him in Rajahmundry  by the Singapore team on Monday.

“The Centre has agreed to our request to de-notify the forest land to an extent of 43,000 acres near the proposed capital city to use for the requirements of the new capital. This means, apart from the 33,000 acres of land procured around Tullur from local farmers, even this 43,000 acres of land will be used to construct world-class Amaravati city,” Naidu said.

The Chief Minister’s dream city might turn the new capital region into a concrete jungle, and of course with some green patches like parks here and there.

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S’pore to Deliver Seed Capital Master Plan

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S’pore to Deliver Seed Capital Master Plan

Singapore, which is preparing the master plan for  new Capital city Amaravathi is submitting very important part of the plan,  the seed capital plan, to the state government on Monday.

The city state’s second Minister for Trade and Industry  S Eswaran is flying to Rajahmundry along with his team  to  submit the blueprint of the seed capital city of Andhra Pradesh to chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who has been camping in the town for over a week. He made  the Rajahmundry temporary capital on account of Pushkaralu.

This  is the third and final phase of the master plan and delivered to to Chief Minister  on July 20  in  special function in Rajahmundry.

The Singapore minister, who arrives in Hyderabad on July 19,  is accompanied representatives of  Singapore companies- Surbana International Consultants and Jurong Consultants, who are preparing the master plan, sources in the government said.

“From Hyderabad, they will proceed to Rajahmundry on July 20. They will take holy dip in River Godavari as part of Pushkarams on that day. After that, they would submit the master plan of the seed capital to the Chief Minister,” a senior official said.

The “seed capital” (core capital), will comprise administrative buildings such as Raj Bhavan, Chief Minister’s Office, Assembly and Council complex, Secretariat, High Court and residential quarters of ministers and officials.

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Japan Bowled over by AP’s ‘Buddhist’ Past

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Japan Bowled over by AP’s ‘Buddhist’ Past

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu played Andhra’s Buddhist past well to move closer to the hearts of Japan.

Government sources told Telugu360.com that Amaravathi’s Buddhist connection could be one of the important reasons for many Japanese Ministries and Companies  evincing keen interest in the development of capital.

During his stay in Tokyo, Naidu reportedly successfully impressed upon Japanese companies to take part in the construction of AP’s new capital city Amaravati which was once flourishing Buddhist pilgrim centre.  “All the interaction revolved around Amaravathi, a name Japs spell fluently,” an official in the CM’s delegation said.

Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) Akihiro Ohta openly admitted to Naidu that Andhra was dearer to Japan on two grounds.  “Since on the Eastern side India, you are logistically close to Japan. And, since you have Buddhist heritage, AP is very attractive to us.”

He further told the Chief Minister that MLIT is keen to extend cooperation in developing roads & buildings and infrastructure in Amaravathi.
Naidu and his team got concrete assurance from Yoichi Miyazawa of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI) on equity participation in AP’s new capital development and management. He informed Naidu that several Japanese companies are ready to be partners in AP’s capital construction.

Chief Minister emphasized on creating a task force to institutionalize the talks on cooperation between Japan and Andhra Pradesh.

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Foundation Stone for Amaravathi on Oct.22

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Foundation Stone for Amaravathi on Oct.22

Foundation stone will be laid for the construction of new capital of Andhra Pradesh “Amaravathi” on October 22, 2015. The new capital is coming up in Guntur district on the banks of River Krishna. Similarly, works for Polavaram project also will commence from the same day. Andhra Pradesh cabinet has finalized these dates today. State government will invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the chief guest for the ceremonies. Similarly, the cabinet deiced to institute vigilance inquiry into the large scale misappropriation of funds in the housing program for the poor during Congress regime spanning  between 2004-2014. According to labor minister K Acchannaidu, who briefed media about the cabinet decisions, about Rs 5,500 cr have been misappropriated in the housing program meant for the poor during the Congress regime. “The then government had claimed to have constructed 41 lakh houses. In a study done by the cabinet committee, it was found that about 15 lakh houses are non-existent. But, the bills have been cleared by the government. There are instances where same person had been allotted five to six houses. We have decided to institute vigilance inquiry. The government doesn’t hesitate to recover money swallowed by the people responsible for the loss to the exchequer under revenue recovery act,” Naidu said. From now onward, the government will have a uniform e-mail policy. “Government will create a new email address  and all government functionaries from top CM to down to the village assistant, have to communicate through this mail id only,” he added.

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