Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s proposal to shift the capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam in the name of decentralisation had come as a bolt from the blue for the thousands of farmers who visualised a global city taking shape on the multi-cropped lands given by them under the much hyped Land Pooling Scheme.
They were, for obvious reasons, gushing with exuberance over N. Chandrababu Naidu’s ‘dream project’ of a greenfield ‘people’s capital’ modeled on the lines of some of the world’s great cities like Singapore.
Ironically, the Singapore government played a significant role in designing the capital of Andhra Pradesh, as did the renowned London-based Foster + Partners on being solicited by Mr. Naidu.
