The coalition government led by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is taking strategic steps for the development of Andhra Pradesh. As part of this, strong steps have been taken for the development of various districts and coastal areas, including the capital of AP, Amaravati. In that order, a team of CM Chandrababu, ministers and senior officials will visit Singapore from July 26 to 30.
The team includes ministers Nara Lokesh, P. Narayana, TG Bharath, senior officials Katanneni Bhaskar, N. Yuvaraj, Karthikeya Mishra, Kannababu, and Saikanth Verma from the AP Economic Development Board. The team will meet with political and business circles in Singapore.
The team led by Chandrababu will discuss issues such as city planning, city beautification, parks, ports, infrastructure, and adoption of future technology with leaders from various sectors in Singapore. The Secretary of the Department of Industries and Commerce, N. Yuvaraj, issued orders detailing the details of this visit.
With the bifurcation of combined Andhra Pradesh state, AP remained as a state without a capital. At the same time, after the TDP government came to power in the assembly elections in 2019. 29 villages like Tullur and Velagapudi in Guntur district were selected as the capital area. The capital was named Amaravati for this area.
The then CM Chandrababu Naidu also made agreements with the then Singapore government for the construction of this capital. However, with the coming of the YSRCP government led by YS Jaganmohan Reddy in 2019, the capital Amaravati project was put in cold storage. Though as opposition leader, Jaganmohan Reddy extended his support to develop Amaravati as capital city, after taking charge as Chief Minister, he went back.
In the name of three capitals, he kept Amaravati project into cold storage and canceled all the agreements made by the previous TDP government with the Singapore government. With Jagan’s announcement, the farmers who had given lands for the capital Amaravati staged agitations, protests, and dharnas.
After returning to power in 2024, Chandrababu Naidu has been saying that developing Amaravati as state capital will be his top most priority. Already he has revived Amaravati development works. At this juncture, his Singapore visit gained prominence.
