India's Dream Of Building Its Own Singapore (Amaravati) May Have Just Hit a Dead End, thanks to Chandra Babu Naidu

[Android_Halwa]

3 minutes ago, Gaali_Gottam_Govinda said:

90's lo Hitech City develop chesinappudu ilanti problems emi levu.......... dry lands, raalu rappalu & water nil.

Vizag, Kurnool or some dry area lo capital petti unte would have been ideal location........ Vijayawada - Amaravati capital decision was pure caste politics anthe. 

HItech City lands...a lands apatike Rajiv Gandhi vunapudu electronics city peru mida acquision chesina lands which were in central govt ownership. CBN govt changed the owership from special purpose vehicle to AP infrsastructure and accorded special status.

Hence, there is no land acquisition issue in hyderabad and more over, govt still has about 1 lakh acres surrounding hyderabad so, the issue of land acquisition will not arise...

Kurnool would have been the best location...220 kms from hyd and 270 kms from Blr...along the national highway which is one of the best, water could have sourced from srisailam reserve, and avalability of abundant govt land... 

[jalamkamandalam]

24 minutes ago, Vaampire said:

Naaku doubt ey. Jaggadiki pedha enemey vaadey... andariki kalupukoni poye rakham kaadhu. 

Thats the only problem with Jaggadu. He doesnt look simple and approachable. His main strength is the good will garnered by his father. But he seemed to miss his fathers' strengths' which are --> pettetappudu pettali, kottetappudu kottali, kondarini bathimaladaali, kondarini bedhirinchaali, kondariki vucha poyinchaali (like what he did to Ramoji and Murali Mohan).

Antha yendhuku - mitra labham, mitra bedham kooda veediki implement cheyyatam raadhu --> Satruvuki satruvuni mitrudini cheesukoovaali, appudu politics lo success avutaaru. Mana Nakka Baabudhi kooda adhe strength.

Even Britishers followed the same rule - thats why they could rule Indian Sub-continent for 250 years.

But this Jaggadu doesnt have any properties that a successful politicians has.

[Gaali_Gottam_Govinda]

2 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

HItech City lands...a lands apatike Rajiv Gandhi vunapudu electronics city peru mida acquision chesina lands which were in central govt ownership. CBN govt changed the owership from special purpose vehicle to AP infrsastructure and accorded special status.

Hence, there is no land acquisition issue in hyderabad and more over, govt still has about 1 lakh acres surrounding hyderabad so, the issue of land acquisition will not arise...

 

Kurnool would have been the best location...220 kms from hyd and 270 kms from Blr...along the national highway which is one of the best, water could have A

 

Kurnool should be have been the capital right from the start Even united AP state since 1950's............ Kurnool sits right on TG border......... So inni issues kooda vachi undedi kaadu........ If Kurnool was the capital of Undivided Andhra Pradesh

 

Krishna District is the hub of Chows......... so Caste politics ani clear gaa cheppochu why CBN picked Amaravati

[jalamkamandalam]

10 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

HItech City lands...a lands apatike Rajiv Gandhi vunapudu electronics city peru mida acquision chesina lands which were in central govt ownership. CBN govt changed the owership from special purpose vehicle to AP infrsastructure and accorded special status.

Hence, there is no land acquisition issue in hyderabad and more over, govt still has about 1 lakh acres surrounding hyderabad so, the issue of land acquisition will not arise...

Kurnool would have been the best location...220 kms from hyd and 270 kms from Blr...along the national highway which is one of the best, water could have sourced from srisailam reserve, and avalability of abundant govt land... 

Oh, thats a good idea on the paper. But building a new city from the scratch is now a distant dream.

Hyd, Blr, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi became such big cities in 3-4 centuries time. But the CBNs dream stories are totally different. He does not seem to have any idea of what a City actually means.

Also cities are never built on Caste lines. Amaravathi is being attempted to benefit one particular caste. All Non-Commode real estate companies like Agri-Gold are busted by CBN just to favor his caste real estate companies.

But God punished them in the form of Modi. Amaravathi will never be a reality. 

 

 

[TampaChinnodu]

31 minutes ago, Gaali_Gottam_Govinda said:

90's lo Hitech City develop chesinappudu ilanti problems emi levu.......... dry lands, raalu rappalu & water nil.

Vizag, Kurnool or some dry area lo capital petti unte would have been ideal location........ Vijayawada - Amaravati capital decision was pure caste politics anthe. 

ippudu inka bhajana batch vachi nuvvu crying sesthunnav ani dobbutharu. vulta neeke caste pichi antaaru 

[TampaChinnodu]

If not Kurnool because it was already capital before. It should have been Vizag, more population , GDP and economy.

Pulka logic okati pattukunnaru , Capital city should be in middle of the state anta. USA ki DC entha middle lo vundi endi. 

[krishna0125]

1 hour ago, ARYA said:

very sad..

3 acres which is 60lakh before Amaravathi now get him 6 cores with no sweat drop. If real farmer stay's inside him, he can buy 30acres in some near by place and continue farming..

[jalamkamandalam]

Delhi/Old Delhi/New Delhi ---> Started during Shah Jahans time (17th Century)and Old Delhi was being called as 'ShahJahanpur' till Indian independence.

Bangalore -> Was build during Kempe Gowda's time which was 400 years ago.

Hyderabad --> Concept started during 1st/2nd Nizam, some 400 years ago.

Ahmedabad --> Few Centuries ago by a Turak leader.

Mumbai --> Concept started 400 years ago and now its a Mega City

Chennai - Started at least 300 years ago.

But when it comes to our Sardar Tuklak CBN:

Hyderbad: 5 years from 1999-2004

Amaravathi : 5 years from 2014 to 2019.

 

 

[TampaChinnodu]

2 minutes ago, jalamkamandalam said:

Delhi/Old Delhi/New Delhi ---> Started during Shah Jahans time (17th Century)and Old Delhi was being called as 'ShahJahanpur' till Indian independence.

Bangalore -> Was build during Kempe Gowda's time which was 400 years ago.

Hyderabad --> Concept started during 1st/2nd Nizam, some 400 years ago.

Ahmedabad --> Few Centuries ago by a Turak leader.

Mumbai --> Concept started 400 years ago and now its a Mega City

Chennai - Started at least 300 years ago.

But when it comes to our Sardar Tuklak CBN:

Hyderbad: 5 years from 1999-2004

Amaravathi : 5 years from 2014 to 2019.

 

 

 

[perugu_vada]

1 hour ago, Vaampire said:

Naaku doubt ey. Jaggadiki pedha enemey vaadey... andariki kalupukoni poye rakham kaadhu. 

Very much agreed, vadi place lo ye seasoned politician r political party opposition lo unna, ‘19 elections win wud’ve been a cake-walk for them

e sari chudali evaru win autharo, total ga sentiment tho gattekkali ani thega hadavidi chestunaru tdp, have to c how far that helps

[Idassamed]

1 hour ago, perugu_vada said:

Very much agreed, vadi place lo ye seasoned politician r political party opposition lo unna, ‘19 elections win wud’ve been a cake-walk for them

e sari chudali evaru win autharo, total ga sentiment tho gattekkali ani thega hadavidi chestunaru tdp, have to c how far that helps

Asalu Amaravathi lo.land pooling ki entha kharchu aayindi?

How many acres pooled?

Per acre entha?

[Staysafebro]

3 hours ago, sid_22 said:

Any doubts???..... 2014 lo even at the heights of Modi wave & with PK's help..... Jagan still managed to get 67 seats and 2% less vote share than TDP.

He has his dad’s sympathy votes and more money was spent. Now what? He doesn’t have the same money to spend and he has to build his own image.

[WigsandThighs]

Thank you CBN

[Staysafebro]

3 hours ago, TampaChinnodu said:

If not Kurnool because it was already capital before. It should have been Vizag, more population , GDP and economy.

Pulka logic okati pattukunnaru , Capital city should be in middle of the state anta. USA ki DC entha middle lo vundi endi. 

You can say that about most capital cities in the world. London, Moscow, Berlin are in not the centre. The reality is that those places are capitals for historic reasons, not logistical reasons. This is a new capital with no history. The best option was to choose it based on other criterion- logistical reasons being one. Other reasons are availability of water resources,  land, transportation and infrastructure. The last two aren’t there, but so did Chandigarh when they started building it.

[JaiBalayyaa]

5 hours ago, Gaali_Gottam_Govinda said:

If politics is the fine art of weighing possibilities, then N Chandrababu Naidu is a past master. A chief minister for 14 years — 10 in undivided Andhra Pradesh and four since the bifurcation — Naidu stormed out of the NDA government at the Centre on March 16, possibly sensing an anti-incumbency mood in the state. His anguished reasoning, though, was different: the Centre had betrayed the state by refusing to grant special category status. It was enshrined in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, as a compensation for losing the big, bright jewel of Hyderabad to Telangana. 

 

Could Naidu have overplayed his hand this time? Will his instinct for political survival further damage his plans for his dream capital, Amaravati, which he brands as India’s Singapore in the making? Amaravati is conceptualised as a 217 sq km greenfield capital city along the river Krishna. He has already got a Singapore consortium, comprising Ascendas-Singbridge and Sembcorp Development, as the master developer of the city through a Swiss Challenge bidding process, mainly to give Amaravati an international Branding

 

And the cost? Rs 45,000 crore, and that is a conservative estimate. The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) puts the figure at Rs 1.09 lakh crore in a projection that includes more ambitious infrastructure projects. The obvious question is, how will Andhra raise this humungous amount? And, more importantly, what effect will the exit of Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from the BJP-led NDA government have on the fund-raising prospects of Amaravati? 

 

To piece together this story, ET Magazine spoke to half a dozen officials in Amaravati and the nearby city of Vijayawada who are directly involved in the development of the capital city. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity and they made it clear that they did not want to be drawn into any political battle. 

Battlelines were being drawn in Delhi where the TDP followed the YSR Congress in submitting a notice in the Lok Sabha to move a no-confidence motion against the NDA government, taking the battle with the BJP out in the open. As the political drama unfolded in Delhi, APCRDA chief Sreedhar Cherukuri flew to Washington, DC, to push for a World Bank loan of $1 billion (Rs 6,500 crore), the finalisation of which has been delayed reportedly due to the Bank’s queries on land issues. 

Loan in the Balance 
Till now, what has come in handy for Amaravati is a loan of Rs 7,500 crore sanctioned by HUDCO. However, with the TDP-BJP face-off likely to escalate ahead of the 2019 polls — both the Lok Sabha election and the Andhra Pradesh assembly poll happen simultaneously — there’s a possibility that the Andhra Pradesh government’s bid for a HUDCO loan of Rs 24,000 crore for Amaravati, something that’s being negotiated now, may not come through easily. 

HUDCO is a central public sector enterprise under the administrative control of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The state government is interpreting three words — “other essential infrastructure” — in Section 94(3) of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, to make the Centre cough up for the development of the new capital city. The section says, “The Central Government shall provide special financial support for the creation of essential facilities in the new capital of the successor State of Andhra Pradesh including the Raj Bhawan, High Court, Government Secretariat, Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, and such other essential infrastructure.” 

The Centre has asked the state how it can build a 217 sq km city with iconic buildings and expect the Centre to foot the bill for everything? The Centre has given Rs 1,500 crore in four tranches for building Amaravati as against Rs 11,602 crore demanded by the APCRDA. If another Rs 1,000 crore, given to the greater capital region — Guntur and Vijayawada cities — is considered, the Centre’s grant for Amaravati as of today stands at Rs 2,500 crore. 
 

NITI Aayog has given its nod for another Rs 1,000 crore, and the announcement is expected anytime soon, taking total Central grants to Rs 3,500 crore. As officials participating in the Centre-state negotiation process have confirmed, the Centre would not have given more than Rs 3,500 crore for Amaravati even if it had granted a special category status to the state. 

 

The Centre says that giving such a status does not arise after the 14th Finance Commission, which increased the state’s share of Central taxes to 42% from 32% earlier. Amaravati’s economics, from Day 1, rested on setting aside 4,000 acres of developed land (out of 55,000 acres) for future monetisation, a typical real estate formula. 

 

A special category status, however, would have elicited greater interest from investors, as it would have meant tax exemptions, including income-tax holiday. This could have attracted corporate biggies. A handful of prominent companies and institutions such as HCL Technologies Ltd, SRM University and Vellore Institute of Technology have come up in Amaravati, but Naidu’s dream project would have stood out if multinational corporations shifted their base from Hyderabad to Amaravati. Clearly, for the Microsofts and Googles of the world, that’s not on their agenda, at least for now.