Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who has released the first white paper on Polavaram exposing the destructive regime of YS Jaganmohan Reddy, is preparing to release the next one on the crucial Amaravati capital region. It may be recalled that Naidu has been stating that both Polavaram and Amaravati are on top priority of his governance.
Sources said that authorities have already prepared the white paper on Amaravati and are giving final touches. This white paper is being prepared in three parts. What has been done from 2014 to 2019? What happened from 2019 to 2024? What to do from 2024? Those things are known to be crucial.
In the first part, since its announcement of capital in 2014, pooling, farmers’ support, followed by global branding of Amaravati and fund raising were included. Issues such as allocation of road and pooling plots, infrastructure, tenders for roads for about Rs. 15,000 crores, building plan, rafting of AGC complex (Guinness record).
Apart from these, the construction of houses for government staff and high court officials, MLA quarters, High Court and Interim Government Complex (IGC) have been incorporated. In the second part, the destruction created by the YSP government that came to power after 2019 will be explained.
Starting from the demolition of the Praja Vedika, the announcement of the three capitals, the subsequent developments will be explained. In particular, it will be the loss due to stoppage of many works undertaken at a cost of Rs.9,000 crores. If the capital is built, the benefits to the government, economic self-reliance and international recognition are included as a factor.
They included turning the entire capital into a forest area, digging up the already constructed roads and stealing their gravel, sand and iron materials and harassing the interrogators. By 2019, the manner in which the completed buildings were destroyed due to non-utilization and the financial losses will be detailed.
In particular, it will mention the difficulties faced by converting the capital master plan into a discretionary one. In the same chapter, it is reported that the issue of farmers’ protests for a long period of 1631 days has also been included. In the third part, what needs to be done to make Amaravati a cosmopolitan city is mentioned.
It is said that the implementation of the plan made at that time expected to cover over Rs 43,000 crore, for which items like fundraising, construction of government offices and seed business district have been included. The need to mobilize foreign investment was also mentioned.
It is known that bringing the existing buildings into use, undertaking road connectivity, branding Amaravati etc. have also been included in this part.
