Amaravati : Advancing the deadline for construction of the Andhra Pradesh’s new capital city by a year, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday promised to build Amaravati by Vijaya Dasami (Dussehra) in 2017, according to a report by PTI.
The state government initially set 2018 as the deadline for completing the phase-1 of the capital city development but with today’s announcement the target now stands altered.
“With the blessings of Goddess Kanaka Durgamma and Krishnamma (river Krishna), I am confident of giving a definite shape to a world class capital city Amaravati by Vijaya Dasami next year,” Naidu said in an open letter to the people on the eve of Dussehra festival. “Construction and development of a world class people’s capital is crucial and mandatory to usher in economic growth and prosperity, create employment opportunities in large numbers and achieve progress in all socio-economic sections of society,” he said.
