News Analysis / Andhra Pradesh New Capital
Published on: February 01, 2023
Andhra Pradesh New Capital
Source: India Today
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The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has announced that Visakhapatnam (also known as Vizag) will be the new capital of the State.
The Chief Minister has highlighted that the state needs a new capital since Hyderabad, the capital of undivided Andhra Pradesh is now part of Telangana, and at present, the two states are sharing the capital temporarily.
On 2nd June 2014, some area from the northwestern part of Andhra Pradesh was separated to create ‘Telangana’ as the 29th state of India.
Earlier the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh announced the development of 3 capitals for the state;
The state legislative assembly also passed the Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020, which provided for three different capitals for the state.
However, the state government’s plan ran into difficulties because hundreds of farmers who had given up their land for the development of the capital city at Amaravati have filed petitions in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, challenging the government’s decentralization decision.
Due to legal difficulties, the state government decided to scrap the decentralization law. However, the state government continues to promote the decentralization plan.
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