Resolution on naming AP capital Amaravati

April 02, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:38 am IST - HYDERABAD:

Hours after the government approved the first phase of the master plan of the new capital and decided to name it ‘Amaravati’, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu declared that his government was determined to complete the initial phase of capital construction within four years.

Mr. Naidu said the Singapore government had presented the master plan details of the first phase of capital construction on Tuesday. It would furnish the entire capital city master plan details before May 15 and seed capital action plan by June containing many more minute details. After that, the government will appoint a master developer who will bring in global companies so that economic activity will pick up.

The capital region will be connected to satellite towns, while Machilipatnam will be developed into a logistic hub. There will be a 210-km outer ring road connecting Vijayawada and Guntur. Regional expressways, five bridges across river Krishna, urban transportation, inland waterways from Kakinada to Pondicherry and also from Rajahmundry to Bhadrachalam will be developed. The airport at Gannavaram in Vijayawada will be developed into an international airport, while there is scope to develop another airport at Mangalagiri, the Chief Minister said.

He added that industrial corridors would be developed as also dedicated freight corridors to generate economic activity in the capital region.

The CM said the Cabinet had unanimously adopted a resolution on naming the capital as Amaravati. He said it was felt that Amaravati was the appropriate name because of its historic, mythological and spiritual significance.

He said the new capital would not only capture the glorious past, but would be one of the best modern, world class cities.

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