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Well, firstly please consider me as an ardent fan of CBN. I want to see him getting re-elected as the CM of AP with a massive majority. Though I reside in Hyderabad, I follow news pertaining to AP development. I am basically from AP and the love for the state remains.
Having said that, I’m very skeptical of Amaravati as the capital of AP.
Firstly, to build a city from scratch to the level of grandeur as envisioned is a long time affair, say 10 to 15 years.
To showcase Amaravati before 2019.
elections is too ambitious a target
As the gestation period is usually very long as the case with any Infra project, payback from the capital should not be expected anytime soon
But the state, which is already battling fiscal imbalances because of various populist schemes initiated by the Govt, (very much unlike the Naidu, CM of unified Andhra) and huge debt, will show its toll on the state exchequer very soon, as the state will have to start repayment and debt servicing as per schedule. Also the Amaravati bonds have been issued at a very high interest rate.
The total amount being invested should start fetching returns asap as otherwise, CBN will have have to fend off large scale criticism and ridicule, as otherwise, it could spell a doom for his political career.
Naidu is of course aware of all the above scenarios, which is why he is solely prioritising development of Amaravati ahead of ready made alternatives.
The Bhogapuram international airport is progressing at a snail’s pace.
Amaravati metro rail project is moving swiftly, where as there is not even a discussion on Vizag metro.
Vizag is a ready made option for most of development related requirements with its superior air road and rail connectivity to all important cities of India.
Furthermore, it’s already on the development radar occupying 9th position in terms of GDP contribution among Indian cities.
Vizag, also scores heavily on quality of education, human resource pool from the state, and also attracting several educated youth from neighbouring states.
Cynosure of eyes, Vizag offers a pleasant experience to the residents and tourists alike. This also can draw the talent pool from across the country, which is a key requirement for any big business.
While the idea of a decentralised development is a lesson learnt from the Hyderabad mistake from his earlier stint as CM of unified AP, Naidu appears to be making the same mistake again with excessive focus on Amaravati, which is as of now non existent. At least there was a thriving metropolis in Hyderabad the 5th largest Indian city then, which was transformed into a Hitec city by CBN.
But Amaravati example doesn’t stand in comparison.
My only fear – Amaravati shouldn’t end up in the same manner as Modi’s foolish Demonetisation excercise which set India a few years backwards on the development agenda. CBN should weigh his options and embark on a mid path harmonising present development needs alongside pursuing the grandeur of Amaravati which is a future reality.
Only because of hyderabad, now telangana state is getting 60% of state revenue from it and if you construct a world class city at hill station like hyderabad, water and power distribution will be a big headache to government and people (for your information hyderabad is facing the same). We have trust on NBN and we hope soon andhra will make a mark on world best cities.
CBN is a visionary high-tech man.I wish him well at the outset.Did he not bring people from Singapore and ask them to replicate in all aspects?That is one way of doing it fast.India is not new to creating new capitals–Chandigarh,Gandhinagar,Navi Mumbai,etc.It takes time.Worth doing.
Unfortunately,every one wants results by overnight. No one talks about the availability of funds. Andhras
were thrown out of Hyderabad by Congress regime overnight without any future plan. Naidu hailing from Rayalaseema area preferred Amaravati area as new capital for the convenience of north Andhra people as well as Royalaseema area people for better administration. He is developing Visakhapatnam as well as Tirupati too. But Central Govt. is not providing funds and facilities as promised in bifurcation document approved by Parliament.There is no alternative to get land for building capital city in the central location. You can build towers, castles,palaces anywhere even in the middle of sea,if you have funds. What is there in Dubai to build fantastic towers…they have money,money,money. I am not a Naidu Bhakt or devotee but can understand the efforts being taken by Naidu although living in Mumbai for the past 47 years. Please name any other CM who is struggling so much to develop his state from scratch without any support from opposition and with only promises from Union Government. No politics please..Do your best to develop the new born State and no use of creating hurdles when some one is struggling day and night.
Foolish to hear if someone says that it takes years complete our own house as if it was Ambani’s new superrich building in Mumbai. The government doesn’t even laid a brick in Amaravati. Before even announcing the capital TDP MLA’S grabbed land from the farmers which implies land scam. If the government has to build it needs to gather government land not fertile land from the farmers. Why don’t atleast one TDP MLA and MP donate at least 1 acre of land for capital construction instead of grabbing from farmers. This is something called reality that is happening in capital city. Graphical world is always a different from reality. Never ever believe in the fastasy which happens only to be in graphic designers life.
The land pooling arrangement, which has been devised to overcome the high compensation payable under the new LA Act, is an untested model in India. A large element of speculation is built into it. With the prolonged slump in real estate and general slowdown in the economy, its calculations may not hold up. AP should have upgraded an existing city as its capital.
Why did he have to build the city on fertile land? Surely he could have chosen barren land in Andhra Pradesh and then made water pipelines which would have supplied the city with water. Or how about building sattelite township in Vijaywada and making that sattelite township as the state’s capital?
I am surprised that people expect a new city to come with the snap of fingers. Even a single room studio tenament requires a plan and vision of how one would like to get it into the dreamt shape.
When you talk of a new city that too a capital city which one aspires to be one of five best in tbe world it takes time to finaluse ghe designs and put it into reality.
If dreaming is wtong than all of us are doing this mistake. Onlu one who can dream of tbe future and work towards achieving it succeed.
This had hsppened once in shri CBN s life and he aspires to reach his goal during his life time. There is nothing wrong in aspiring to give AP the best ad per his vision.
For one who is happy with whatever he has and only procastinates anything would do for them.
Let us pray CBN will retain his good health to give us his dream project in real terms. If it is not him no one esle can do it.
He gave us cyber city thrmost happenning place today in Telangana so it may not be just dream when Amaravathi becomes a reality. Let funds start coming in. The project will start taking shape.
But for the narrow mindedness and selfish attitude of the center and the jealous opposition leader things might have started already. It our misfortu e tk have such unscrupulous groups in tbe state and country.
Sir in cade you are building a house for yourself. Would you build it where badic amenities are available or in a jungle? You cant build a capital city and than statt looking for badic amenities.
Also when the land donors are happy why should anyine bother. They know CBN will not let them down.
i appreciate Mr. Rajashekhar for giving such a nice explainantion as reply
i too support for the better urbanisation
we all will be proud one day about amaravati ….. which is going to be within top 4 cities in asia
Let me ask you if u wanna build a house how much time u put into plan?
Well, firstly please consider me as an ardent fan of CBN. I want to see him getting re-elected as the CM of AP with a massive majority. Though I reside in Hyderabad, I follow news pertaining to AP development. I am basically from AP and the love for the state remains.
Having said that, I’m very skeptical of Amaravati as the capital of AP.
Firstly, to build a city from scratch to the level of grandeur as envisioned is a long time affair, say 10 to 15 years.
To showcase Amaravati before 2019.
elections is too ambitious a target
As the gestation period is usually very long as the case with any Infra project, payback from the capital should not be expected anytime soon
But the state, which is already battling fiscal imbalances because of various populist schemes initiated by the Govt, (very much unlike the Naidu, CM of unified Andhra) and huge debt, will show its toll on the state exchequer very soon, as the state will have to start repayment and debt servicing as per schedule. Also the Amaravati bonds have been issued at a very high interest rate.
The total amount being invested should start fetching returns asap as otherwise, CBN will have have to fend off large scale criticism and ridicule, as otherwise, it could spell a doom for his political career.
Naidu is of course aware of all the above scenarios, which is why he is solely prioritising development of Amaravati ahead of ready made alternatives.
The Bhogapuram international airport is progressing at a snail’s pace.
Amaravati metro rail project is moving swiftly, where as there is not even a discussion on Vizag metro.
Vizag is a ready made option for most of development related requirements with its superior air road and rail connectivity to all important cities of India.
Furthermore, it’s already on the development radar occupying 9th position in terms of GDP contribution among Indian cities.
Vizag, also scores heavily on quality of education, human resource pool from the state, and also attracting several educated youth from neighbouring states.
Cynosure of eyes, Vizag offers a pleasant experience to the residents and tourists alike. This also can draw the talent pool from across the country, which is a key requirement for any big business.
While the idea of a decentralised development is a lesson learnt from the Hyderabad mistake from his earlier stint as CM of unified AP, Naidu appears to be making the same mistake again with excessive focus on Amaravati, which is as of now non existent. At least there was a thriving metropolis in Hyderabad the 5th largest Indian city then, which was transformed into a Hitec city by CBN.
But Amaravati example doesn’t stand in comparison.
My only fear – Amaravati shouldn’t end up in the same manner as Modi’s foolish Demonetisation excercise which set India a few years backwards on the development agenda. CBN should weigh his options and embark on a mid path harmonising present development needs alongside pursuing the grandeur of Amaravati which is a future reality.
let’s hope he will win again. If ysr wins, they might change plans. Projects in our country are always slow.
Only because of hyderabad, now telangana state is getting 60% of state revenue from it and if you construct a world class city at hill station like hyderabad, water and power distribution will be a big headache to government and people (for your information hyderabad is facing the same). We have trust on NBN and we hope soon andhra will make a mark on world best cities.
CBN is a visionary high-tech man.I wish him well at the outset.Did he not bring people from Singapore and ask them to replicate in all aspects?That is one way of doing it fast.India is not new to creating new capitals–Chandigarh,Gandhinagar,Navi Mumbai,etc.It takes time.Worth doing.
Unfortunately,every one wants results by overnight. No one talks about the availability of funds. Andhras
were thrown out of Hyderabad by Congress regime overnight without any future plan. Naidu hailing from Rayalaseema area preferred Amaravati area as new capital for the convenience of north Andhra people as well as Royalaseema area people for better administration. He is developing Visakhapatnam as well as Tirupati too. But Central Govt. is not providing funds and facilities as promised in bifurcation document approved by Parliament.There is no alternative to get land for building capital city in the central location. You can build towers, castles,palaces anywhere even in the middle of sea,if you have funds. What is there in Dubai to build fantastic towers…they have money,money,money. I am not a Naidu Bhakt or devotee but can understand the efforts being taken by Naidu although living in Mumbai for the past 47 years. Please name any other CM who is struggling so much to develop his state from scratch without any support from opposition and with only promises from Union Government. No politics please..Do your best to develop the new born State and no use of creating hurdles when some one is struggling day and night.
Foolish to hear if someone says that it takes years complete our own house as if it was Ambani’s new superrich building in Mumbai. The government doesn’t even laid a brick in Amaravati. Before even announcing the capital TDP MLA’S grabbed land from the farmers which implies land scam. If the government has to build it needs to gather government land not fertile land from the farmers. Why don’t atleast one TDP MLA and MP donate at least 1 acre of land for capital construction instead of grabbing from farmers. This is something called reality that is happening in capital city. Graphical world is always a different from reality. Never ever believe in the fastasy which happens only to be in graphic designers life.
Amaravathi is our people’s capital we will complete it chandrababu naidu will make it a reality
Dear Editor,
Please do not jump to conclude that I am not Naidu supporter with my comments.
One need to really focus and understand why it could not be achieved? Is it because of inefficiency of cm or due to arm twisting politics?
As a matter of facts many CMs can’t operate their own lap tops.
You must appreciate visionary actions by a CM and your article is not sounding a sensible one.
Regards,
The land pooling arrangement, which has been devised to overcome the high compensation payable under the new LA Act, is an untested model in India. A large element of speculation is built into it. With the prolonged slump in real estate and general slowdown in the economy, its calculations may not hold up. AP should have upgraded an existing city as its capital.
We take years to get a house completed. And expect a capital city to be completed in few years. Hypocrites aren’t we
Why did he have to build the city on fertile land? Surely he could have chosen barren land in Andhra Pradesh and then made water pipelines which would have supplied the city with water. Or how about building sattelite township in Vijaywada and making that sattelite township as the state’s capital?
I am surprised that people expect a new city to come with the snap of fingers. Even a single room studio tenament requires a plan and vision of how one would like to get it into the dreamt shape.
When you talk of a new city that too a capital city which one aspires to be one of five best in tbe world it takes time to finaluse ghe designs and put it into reality.
If dreaming is wtong than all of us are doing this mistake. Onlu one who can dream of tbe future and work towards achieving it succeed.
This had hsppened once in shri CBN s life and he aspires to reach his goal during his life time. There is nothing wrong in aspiring to give AP the best ad per his vision.
For one who is happy with whatever he has and only procastinates anything would do for them.
Let us pray CBN will retain his good health to give us his dream project in real terms. If it is not him no one esle can do it.
He gave us cyber city thrmost happenning place today in Telangana so it may not be just dream when Amaravathi becomes a reality. Let funds start coming in. The project will start taking shape.
But for the narrow mindedness and selfish attitude of the center and the jealous opposition leader things might have started already. It our misfortu e tk have such unscrupulous groups in tbe state and country.
Sir in cade you are building a house for yourself. Would you build it where badic amenities are available or in a jungle? You cant build a capital city and than statt looking for badic amenities.
Also when the land donors are happy why should anyine bother. They know CBN will not let them down.
i appreciate Mr. Rajashekhar for giving such a nice explainantion as reply
i too support for the better urbanisation
we all will be proud one day about amaravati ….. which is going to be within top 4 cities in asia
Let me ask you if u wanna build a house how much time u put into plan?
Perfect analysis from a person who wants the grand capital to fail big. Spitting venom only decreases your value
Naidu lives in his own world. And that is not the present world. Vijayavada is good in every respect to be the Andhra Capital.
Jagan never commented anything negative about amravati .can you provide proof