Minister for Municipal Administration Dr P. Narayana said that the assembly building is being constructed on 103 acres. As the assembly is held for 40-50 days a year, he said that on the other days, people can go to the assembly building tower and see the entire city. He said that the assembly building will be constructed at 11.22 lakh square feet and 250 meters high.
The Minister said that the tenders will start in three days and that they are looking forward to avoiding any problems. He said that these decisions were taken at the CRDA Authority meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. He revealed that the seed axis road work will also be done.
Minister Narayana said that the CRDA has approved the works worth Rs 24,276.83 crore in Amaravati in the 43rd Authority meeting. The works of the Assembly, High Court and Iconic Towers have been approved. He said that so far, the Authority has approved works worth Rs 45,249 crore through 3 meetings.
He said that out of the total cost of Amaravati estimated at Rs. 62 thousand crores, Rs. 45,249.24 crores have been approved so far. He explained that the Assembly building will cost Rs. 765 crores, the High Court building Rs. 1048 crores, and the 5 iconic towers Rs. 4665 crores. Towers 1 to 4 will be built on an area of 68,88,064 square feet.
The Minister Dr Narayana said that the tenders for roads in 4 zones will cost Rs. 9,699 crores, and approvals have been given for trunk roads for Rs. 7,794 crores. He said that these will be approved in the next cabinet. He said that tenders for the works will be called from Monday.
He said that after recovering from the destruction done by the YSRCP, they have reached the point of calling tenders for the works again. He expressed anger that the rates had increased by almost 40 percent due to the YSRCP halting the construction of the capital Amaravati. He questioned whether the YSRCP knew anything about the ground realities other than mudslinging.
