LOCATION: An area covering 30 villages between Vijayawada and Guntur, some 35 km away from Amaravati town. For, this is the only place where the Krishna flows north instead of east or south.

AREA: The Andhra Pradesh government, through the AP Capital Region Development Authority, got some 30,000 acres of land — but another 3,000 acres could not be procured because farmers were unwilling.

The Andhra Pradesh government, through the AP Capital Region Development Authority, got some 30,000 acres of land The Andhra Pradesh government, through the AP Capital Region Development Authority, got some 30,000 acres of land

DEVELOPMENT PLAN: The seed capital development area will cover 16.7 sq km and comprise the AP Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, High Court, Secretariat, Raj Bhavan, quarters for the ministers and officials, and the township for government officials. Work on this is starting today.

CORE AREA: Expected to be completed by 2018-19, the Seed Capital Area (SCA) will be home to about 3 lakh residents. The business hub is expectd to generate about 7 lakh jobs in various sectors, including government. There will be a thriving, state of the art, Central Business District (CBD) for business and living.

TRANSPORTATION: The master plan envisages nodes and corridors for a transit-oriented development approach. So, there will be an integrated network of 12km of Metro railways, 15km of Bus Rapid Transit systems, 7km of downtown roads, 26km of arterial and sub-arterial roads and 53km of collector roads.

MASTER PLAN: The city has been split into the CBD, residential townships, institutions, parks and gardens, water bodies, recreational spaces, waterfront etc. The city will be planned on sustainable development principles, with extensive, open green spaces, to add value to the urban ecosystem.

TRANSIT HUB: A regional expressway and an outer regional expressway will connect various towns to the core capital region. A dedicated freight corridor will connect with highways leading to New Delhi via Hyderabad. National Waterway 4 proposed to be developed on Wazirabad-Vijayawada-Vodarevu Port and Wazirabad-Vijayawada-Rajahmundry-Kakinada routes connecting other places via rivulets and canals. An airport planned at Mangalagiri, and five corridors will have high-speed railways.

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