Andhra capital plan: 3 mega cities, 14 smart cities.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu recently announced that the State's new capital will be located around Vijayawada.

Addressing the State Legislative Assembly, Naidu said the decision to locate the capital in the central region of the residuary State was taken after a prolonged consultative process and was approved by the State Cabinet on September 1.

While setting up a new capital in Vijayawada, he said the State has decided to go in for a decentralised development with three mega cities and 14 smart cities.

To acquire land to develop the capital, AP will adopt a land pooling system to be worked out by a Cabinet subcommittee.

The Chief Minister’s announcement was made after adjournments in the House, where the Opposition YSR Congress Party insisted on a debate on the capital before it was announced.

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