Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan during the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various development projects, in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre will support Andhra Pradesh government in completing the construction of Amaravati in a record time. This is besides the Polavaram project. Modi was addressing the gathering after formally re-launching various construction works of the new Greenfield Amaravati project along with various infrastructure projects worth ₹60,000 crore across the State on Friday.
The construction of Amaravati would boost the plan to achieve Swarnandhra Pradesh Vision apart from reflecting the spirit of Viksit Bharat, the Prime Minister said while assuring all possible help from the Centre to complete the construction of new capital in record time.
India was the fastest’ growing economy in the world in the creation of infrastructural projects including the railway and road projects, Modi said adding that the railways was undergoing a transformation in the last 10 years and Andhra Pradesh was also a beneficiary.
Railway allocation
During 2009-2014, the railway budget for united Andhra Pradesh was about ₹900 crore but after bifurcation Andhra Pradesh alone was now allocated ₹9,000 crore budget for railway projects, according to Modi.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the acquisition of about 34,000 acres of land from farmers in 29 villages in the capital region for the new capital was a ‘world record’.
”The new capital will be completed in three years. We will also construct a Greenfield Airport and Amaravati will also be an education hub,’‘ he said.
Under the leadership of Modi, India is all set to overtake Japan to become the 4th largest economy in the world this year and to overtake Germany to reach the third position soon . Andhra Pradesh and partners of the NDA Alliance at the Centre would extend all support to curb terrorism in Kashmir.
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for Amaravati for the first time in October 2015. However, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party government which came to power in 2019 halted the construction work with a plan to shift executive capital to Visakhapatnam with Amaravati and Kurnoll as legislative and executive capitals. The NDA government, which won the mandate in 2024, revived the single, Greenfield capital project in Amaravati.
Published on May 2, 2025