Naidu pitches Amaravati as hub for tourism, sports and investment

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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Tuesday said Amaravati would beryllium developed arsenic a superior that reflects the richness of Telugu civilization portion emerging arsenic a hub for tourism, sports and investment-driven projects.

Addressing the 59th gathering of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) astatine the Secretariat, Mr. Naidu directed officials to absorption connected self-financed projects, capitalist engagement and tourism infrastructure. The APCRDA approved respective proposals, including onshore allocations and large infrastructure works.

Among the cardinal decisions taken astatine the gathering were the allocation of 80 cents of onshore for a determination bureau of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), 3 acres to the Thullur Educational Society arsenic compensation and 5 acres to the Andhra Pradesh State Institute of Rural Development. The authorization besides granted administrative support of ₹2,316 crore for mechanical, electrical and plumbing works related to the operation of the A.P. Secretariat and Heads of Department towers, and approved ₹119 crore for the operation of the Telugu Cultural Centre successful Amaravati.

Mr. Naidu besides projected the constitution of a ample normal centre successful the superior to big large authorities events and suggested that an due sanction beryllium chosen for the projected Telugu Cultural Centre.

Referring to a large tourism task projected astatine Neerukonda successful the superior portion crossed 167 acres, Mr. Naidu said it would diagnostic a waterfront, taste centre, hotels, amusement parks and lawsuit spaces. He said the task should beryllium designed arsenic an charismatic destination that reflects Telugu practice portion drafting tourists.

The Chief Minister besides highlighted the value of sports arsenic a aboriginal economical driver, pointing retired that organisations specified arsenic the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) had evolved into almighty fiscal ecosystems. He said the Sports City planned successful Amaravati had been conceptualised keeping this commercialized imaginable successful mind.

Stressing the request to pull backstage investment, Mr. Naidu said respective salient companies had shown involvement successful investing successful Amaravati. He asked officials to support continuous dialog with imaginable investors portion simultaneously accelerating superior improvement works. Referring to earlier missed opportunities during the improvement of Hyderabad’s Cyber City, helium said companies specified arsenic DLF Limited were present keen not to miss the accidental to put successful Amaravati.

Published - March 10, 2026 07:05 p.m. IST

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