AP CM Holds Review Meet on ‘Amaravathi’

Vijayawada, Nov.2: The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh held a review meeting on Amaravati and said that development should not confine just to the capital area and that services should be decentralized. CRDA commissioner informed the Chief Minister that they are holding a meeting with managers of star hotels, representatives of schools and colleges and are in the process of identifying land. “A total of 39 hotels like Taj, ITC, Novotel have come forward, and we are holding a meeting with hospital groups this month on the 11 th” informed the CRDA commissioner. The officials informed the Chief Minister that by December 31, 2017 all arterial roads and sub-arterial roads of 270 km would be completed with an estimated cost of Rs 3,600 crores. The CM warned the officials that no water logging should be seen and asked them not to compromise on the quality and standards. The Chief Minister asked the officials to take up works on the priority basis and said that economic activity should start immediately. He asked the officials to build bridges and storm water drainages along the roads. The officials informed the Chief Minister that they are in the process of identifying areas for establishing iconic parks and that the proposals for the same will be placed in the coming days. CRDA commissioner informed the Chief Minister that plot allotment for ten villages has been completed. The Chief Minister asked the officials to build a world class stadium to conduct national games by 2018. Later, he spoke on the development of the legal city and said that the city should be a one stop place for all legal services. The meeting was attended by P. Narayana, Municipal Administration Minister, Satish Chandra Special Chief Secretary, Sai Prasad Principal Secretary to CM, Ajay Jain CRDA Principal Secretary, Sreedhar CRDA Commissioner, Lakshmi Parthasarathy Managing Director Capital City Development and Management Corporation.