The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) has intensified its efforts to pool land for the construction of the new capital even as a team of officials from Singapore is likely to visit the region from February 2 to 4 for collecting necessary information ahead of preparation of the Master Plan.
The two-member Singapore team along with senior officials of the CRDA and other departments would discuss different aspects, including structuring of the authority and frame guidelines besides evolving an action plan for implementation of the programmes.
CRDA Commissioner Srikant Nagulapalli said efforts were under way to complete the preparation of the master plan by June-end before calling for objections, if any, from stakeholders.
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The objections could range from ownership issues, border disputes or disputes among brothers over a property etc and the authority would give one month time for recording the grievances, he said.
All such objections and disputes would be addressed by the respective land pooling officer. He said all the structures and lands of private and public sectors, including those in river front villages falling under the notified survey numbers would be utilised for capital construction.
“Many people are voluntarily handing over the lands for capital construction and the consent given by the people is irrevocable. After giving consent, land pooling ownership certificate will be issued to the people within nine months,” said Mr. Srikant.
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Sharing his Singapore trip experiences, he said all sectors like public transportation, housing, parks, recreation facilities, universities, colleges and environment-friendly industries would be covered in the preparation of the master plan.
The 24 villages notified under the capital region would continue to exist and roads and other structures would be constructed synchronising with them. The vast lands were being pooled to have a reserve land bank for the next 50 to 100 years to meet the requirements, he added.