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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila connected Saturday slammed the State authorities for what she alleged arsenic a “lack of improvement successful Amaravati contempt acquiring 54,000 acres of onshore from farmers and authorities sources implicit the past 11 years”.
Addressing a property league astatine the enactment bureau Andhra Ratna Bhavan successful Vijayawada, she said Amaravathi had not seen immoderate meaningful infrastructure oregon advancement and questioned however lone 700 acres of the full 54,000 acres reportedly remained unallocated.
Ms. Sharmila alleged that Amaravathi had go a real-estate-driven project, lacking transparency successful onshore use, allotments, gross procreation and employment output. She demanded the merchandise of a White Paper and nationalist disclosure of onshore details connected the CRDA website.
She opposed the government’s caller program to get 20,000 much acres successful phase-2 erstwhile the archetypal signifier itself remained undeveloped and called it unnecessary, unjust, and an enactment of coercion against farmers. She said the government’s assertion that 5,000 acres was needed for a caller greenfield airdrome was not existent and cited examples of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport which occupied lone 1,850 acres, Bhogapuram airdrome 2,200 acres, and Gannavaram airdrome conscionable 1,250 acres. She said enlargement of the existing airports was a much rational and economical option.
Ms. Sharmila besides criticised the Union authorities for contributing lone ₹1,500 crore towards improvement of Andhra Pradesh capital, portion the State had incurred ₹58,000 crore successful loans. She reaffirmed the Congress basal against further onshore acquisition until Phase-1 improvement was completed, insisting connected documentation, transparency and extortion of farmers’ interests.
