The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) has called for tenders to take up construction works worth ₹1206 crore in the Greenfield Amaravati Capital project.

With this CRDA has kicked off the process for hastening the building of new capital as the Government had already approved various works worth about ₹48,000 crore as part of its plans to complete the construction of new capital by 2027.

The works for which tenders have been called include creation of basic infrastructure facilities including roads, drainage, drinking water supply in the Zone 5-B, Zone 5-D and in other mail layouts of the capital region. The deadline for submission of bids is 3 PM in January 2025 and the works are expected to be commenced from February.

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The CRDA is in the process of releasing separate bids for other main works soon. The works to be taken up in the main capital zone commence include the assembly building, a high-rise tower, coming up in 103 acres, a 47-storeyed Chief Minister’s office, a new High Court building and basic infrastructure in the capital layout including roads for a length of 579 km. 

The residential quarters for Ministers, Legislators and IAS officers had been almost completed when the works were halted midway by the YSRCP government. With the pending works to be taken up soon, they will be the first constructions to be completed in the capital project. 

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As a new year ‘gift’ to the farmers, CRDA has also asked the farmers who had given the land for the capital through land pooling to come forward to complete registration of their returnable plots. 

The capital project, which began by the TDP Government during its rule 2014-19 was shelved by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Government of Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy after it came to power in 2019 as announced a decentralised capital model with the executive, legislative and judicial capitals at Visakhapatnam, Amaravati and Kurnool.