The Central Government on Friday announced the names of another list of 30 cites for development as smart cities. Amaravati, the capital of Andhra Pradesh stood in 4th position. With this announcement made by Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu, the total cities picked up so far to 90 under the Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015. Andhra Pradesh Minister Narayana speaking to a media channel thanked all the concerned officials whose efforts made this to happen. Minister Narayana said that with this announcement Center will release the amount of Rs 200 crore in this regard apart from other benefits.
Centre may have denied Special Category Status for AP; may never announce the Special Rail Zone to Vizag that the city has been demanding for years. But here is a piece of news to bring cheer to people of AP.
Amaravati the people’s capital has been announced as one among the list of 30 cfor the new smart cities mission by the centre. The list of cities now go to 90.
AP CM Chandrababu Naidu announced this on his Twitter handle: Proud moment for the people of Amaravati as the capital joins the list of Smart Cities today, along with Tirupati, Vizag and Kakinada of AP.