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Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications and Guntur MP, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, has said that the Andhra Pradesh Government is making efforts to get a Bill passed successful Parliament to accord ineligible presumption to Amaravati arsenic the imperishable superior of the State.
Speaking to the media astatine a gathering organised by the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (AP-CRDA) connected Saturday to sermon issues faced by farmers, Mr. Chandra Sekhar said the connection had obtained ineligible clearance and was present nether information of the Union Home Ministry.
He noted that recognising Amaravati arsenic the imperishable superior was important to flooded the complications that stalled improvement betwixt 2019 and 2024. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had already discussed the substance with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and it remained to beryllium seen whether the Bill would unafraid Parliamentary support successful the upcoming sessions, helium added.
It whitethorn beryllium recalled that the erstwhile YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Government had projected a three-capital exemplary nether the Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020. The High Court struck down the Act arsenic unconstitutional, and the State aboriginal challenged the verdict successful the Supreme Court.
The existent TDP-led Government subsequently informed the apex tribunal that Amaravati would stay the sole superior and committed to processing it wrong 3 years.
Mr. Chandra Sekhar said that of the 33,411 acres of onshore pooled for the superior region, plots successful astir 719 acres were yet to beryllium allotted, including 126 acres successful Lanka villages, 37 acres of assigned lands, and immoderate parcels progressive successful tribunal cases. Allocation for 9,625 acres of Jareebu lands had been completed without immoderate issues.
He said the authorities would resoluteness the inclusion of non-Jareebu lands nether this class wrong 30 days, and issues regarding Grama Kantam lands taken nether the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) would besides beryllium addressed successful the aforesaid timeframe. Cases pertaining to Lanka lands, present earlier the National Green Tribunal, were apt to beryllium settled by February 2026, portion matters related to assigned lands would beryllium resolved wrong 90 days.
Further, the Union Minister said that Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for LPS infrastructure improvement successful 25 villages would beryllium acceptable by December 30, and works were targeted for completion wrong six months thereafter.
Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana, Tadikonda MLA Tenali Sravan Kumar, CRDA Commissioner K. Kanna Babu, and Additional Commissioner A. Bhargav Teja were besides present.
