Singapore government submits master plan for seed capital area of Andhra Pradesh

HYDERABAD: Envisaging "a smart, green and sustainable" city, the Singapore government today presented `Master Plan for the Seed Capital Area (SCA)' to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

SCA would be the seat of administration. Singapore's second minister for trade and industry S Iswaran presented the plan, the final of the three-stage Master Plan, to Naidu at Rajahmundry where Godavari Maha Pushkaram is underway.

The SCA Master Plan is meant for an area of 16.9 sq km on the northern part of the Capital City (named Amaravati) coming up in the Vijayawada region. The Singapore government had earlier submitted the master plans for capital region and the capital city.

Thanking the Singapore government for providing the plans for free and in a short span of time, Naidu said the state government envisaged "a world-class city" for capital.

`Bhumi Puja' for the capital city had been performed and the state had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the foundation-laying ceremony on October 22, he said.

The capital region would be spread over 7,420 sq km and the capital city over 215 sq km. Seed capital would be spread over 16.9 sq km with estimated population of three lakhs.

The six key factors taken into consideration for the master plan are providing jobs and homes, world-class infrastructure, quality living, protecting identity and heritage and resource management and environment, a state government release said.

Naidu said he had asked the Singapore government to join the `Amaravati Development Partnership' under the Swiss challenge method for seed capital development in a long-term association.