Amaravathi, new Andhra Pradesh capital to be shaped by Singapore companies

HYDERABAD: Singapore companies are keen to take up the developer role for Andhra Pradesh's greenfield capital city, coming up on an area of over 270 sq km on Krishna river bank, said Singapore's Second minister for Trade & Industry, S Iswaran.

He was addressing journalists after handing over his government's detailed master plan for Andhra's new capital to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.

Amaravathi, the new capital, will come up on Krishna banks between Vijayawada and Guntur.

It will accommodate at least 1.3 crore people over the years, according to the master plan by the Singapore government. It will have a green area of 79 sq km and a water network of 11.5 sq km while a cricket stadium and a golf course are built apart from island resorts, waterfront residential areas and island theme parks, all connected through expressways and metro rail network.

The vaasthu-compliant city will also leverage the religious tourism circuit connecting Amaravathi, Kanakadurga temple, Mangalagiri temple, Kondapalli fort, Neerukonda and Undavalli caves. Naidu said his government was also looking at integrating the capital city plan with ports of Machilipatnam, Vodarevu and Nizampatnam.

The government will ensure that the farmers who had surrendered 33,000 acres of their farmlands are compensated adequately by allotting them developed commercial and residential plots, said Naidu.

While planning rail and road transportation networks, the master plan will also promote the use of public transport and non-motorised transport choices using an extensive network of walkways, cycle tracks and waterways, he said.