Team Blitz India
REAL estate prices in Andhra Pradesh’s Amaravati region are set to soar after a lull of five years. Several land dealings are expected to close as the State witnessed regime change, from YS Jaganmohan Reddy-led YSCRP to N Chandrababu Naidu-led NDA. The change of government has injected new life into the hitherto abandoned city project.
The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority has already notified eight tenders, calling for jungle clearance along several roads in Amaravati. Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad, with other key officials such as CRDA Commissioner Vivek Yadav, visited the region to make an assessment of the situation.
Meanwhile, several villagers who pooled their lands for the capital city many years ago are hoping for brighter times ahead. Reports say several of them have also called off their years-long agitation, demanding the installation of a single capital.
Jonnalagadda Ananda Rao, 36, from Mandadam village, who committed half-an-acre of land, said, “Some villagers have called off their agitation while some are still continuing.” Sai Prasad from Thulluru, a capital region village, said people from all sections across the 29 villages have voluntarily started thicket clearance, deploying earthmovers using their own meagre resources without waiting for the government to step in.
“We are all doing it very happily because all these five years we have suffered. So many families have been ravaged. Amidst these circumstances, these great election results came. And the new government has also assured that Amaravati will be the capital,” Sai Prasad claimed.
