HYDERABAD: Andhra CM Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy has promised his commitment for the development of the capital city Amaravati, despite having a plan to have three different state capitals. Recently, he conducted a review meeting with the Amaravati Metropolitan Area Development Authority along with Municipal Affairs minister Botsa Satyanarayana, Chief Secretary Neelam Sahni and AMRDA commissioner Lakshminarasimhan on this issue.
The CM also sought details about the construction activity in the state capital and ordered for completion of the pending works. He asked his council to sit with the officials of the finance department and work out plans to develop Amaravati. The officials have estimated that 14 to 15 thousand crore rupees is required to complete the pending work. He plans to develop Amaravati as a “hi-tech” city and fairly compensate the farmers who have given their land for the construction of the capital city.
But the opposition TDP alleges that Reddy has “abandoned” Amaravati and is cheating on the “farmers who have sacrificed their lands.” The TDP is also in opposition with the plan to have 3 state capitals and have moved the high court stating that the previous Telugu Desam Party government had taken up projects worth nearly Rs 50,000 crore in Amaravati capital region, including roads and other infrastructure and had already spent more than Rs 10,000 crore.
They alleged that all this expenditure would go waste if Jagan abandons the city. The high court also asked the state government as to what the government would do with the already constructed buildings and infrastructure.
It sought to know who would bear the loss if these buildings aren’t used and maintained.
