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4Jul

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Naidu’s whitepaper says image of Amaravati, AP suffered under Jagan — ‘Rs 2 lakh cr gain to GSDP lost’

Hyderabad: In a scathing criticism of his predecessor Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who had stopped the building of capital Amaravati in 2019, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday said, it was “a case of one person destroying the future of coming generations”.Releasing a whitepaper on the status of Amaravati — a grand, greenfield capital project for the state that Naidu had envisaged 10 years ago, following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh — the CM said that he will go all-out to re-engage firms in Amaravati’s construction, while admitting that it would be difficult to convince them after an unpleasant experience. In his previous term from 2014 to 2019, Naidu had engaged various firms, from Singapore consortium companies to Hyderabad-based infra major NCC, to develop ...

1Jul

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A rocky road ahead in Andhra Pradesh for Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu inspecting the Amaravati capital region. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu N. Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) rode on an anti-incumbency wave to power, winning 135 of the 175 Assembly seats. The Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena Party (JSP) won 21 seats, while the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) secured 8 seats. Together, the three parties constituting the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) reduced the Jagan Mohan Reddy-YSR Congress Party just 11 seats. Mr. Reddy’s party, which had won 151 seats in the 2019 Assembly elections, did not even win enough seats to qualify for the status of Opposition party in the Assembly.Mr. Naidu, who had been written off some years ago, has proved his naysayers wrong, but chief ministership this time is not going to ...

11Jun

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Chandrababu Naidu is back and so is Andhra Pradesh capital Amaravati: 10 points | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday announced that Amaravati will be the sole capital of the state. Addressing a joint meeting of the NDA parties in the state (BJP, TDP and the Jana Sena Party) -- a day before his swearing-in ceremony -- Naidu said Andhra Pradesh's capital is Amaravati and there will be no "games under the guise of three capitals"."In our government, there will be no games under the guise of three capitals. Our capital is Amaravati. Amaravati is the capital," Naidu said.Amaravati is Andhra Pradesh's capital: 10 things to know1. As the first chief minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh between 2014 and 2019, Naidu floated the idea of Amaravati as the capital city.2. Amaravati is located on the right bank of the river Krishna i...

24Jul

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TDP, JSP and supporters filed 18 cases in High Court opposing housing for the poor in Amaravati: Jagan Mohan Reddy

Grounding work under way R-5 zone of Amaravati on Friday, where housing plots are being developed for distribution among the poor. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri / The Hindu The Telugu Desam Party, the Jana Sena and some of their supporting organisations and associations had filed 18 cases in the High Court opposing the construction of houses in Amaravati’s R-5 Zone, alleged the Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday, July 24. In Venkatapalem village to launch the construction of 50,000 houses, Mr. Reddy said Amaravati had become the people’s capital, home to diverse sections of people including the poor.Stating that the government had put in a lot of effort to get permission from the courts to give the house sites to poor beneficiaries at Amaravati, Mr. Reddy termed it a struggl...