British High Commissioner Sir Dominic Asquith met Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at the latter’s residence in Guntur district on Thursday.
He made a presentation on the U.K.’s possible involvement in the development of Amaravati’s infrastructure.
Expressing Britain’s willingness to raise investments in urban transport planning, the High Commissioner said they were encouraging the British private sector to come and invest in Amaravati.
Skill development, medical services, IT and infrastructure were some of the strong areas of the U.K., he said.
“We want to help Andhra Pradesh in improving the rank in the ease of doing business. The U.K. once slipped, but then soon recovered and went up from 11{+t}{+h}rank to 6{+t}{+h}rank. We would like to share that experience and Andhra Pradesh can also draw experience from this,” he said.
Mr. Naidu said Amaravati would be a futuristic city and one of the best 10 cities in the world. The State would attract the best talent in the world.
“We are bringing in the world’s best educational institutions to our State to make it an educational hub. Andhra Pradesh will soon emerge as a tourism and health care hub,” he said.
“The King’s College Hospital project in collaboration with the U.K. is at an advanced stage, and we are clearing the proposal for land soon,” he said.
High Commissioner meets Chief Minister, discusses possible role in Amaravati’s development