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Bapulapadu vies for AP capital
Hyderabad: Bapulapadu Vies for AP Capital, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to be favouring Bapulapadu, a mandal headquarter in Krishna district, as the new capital city for the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh.
- Naidu keen on it, seeks feasibility studies
- May unveil sops to placate Seema region
Hyderabad: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to be favouring Bapulapadu, a mandal headquarter in Krishna district, as the new capital city for the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh. According to party sources, the TDP wants to construct the new capital within two-and-half-a-years. Naidu is also contemplating to name the new capital city after the party founder-president, N T Rama Rao. He is said to have asked some experts to make a thorough study of the area and prepare a detailed report. The team has already conducted a survey of the area and is understood to have prepared the report.
The advantage of Bapulapadu mandal, sources say is that it has degraded forest area of over 73,000 acres which can be denotified to take up construction activity. It is centrally located and is well connected by road, rail and air. In order to placate the people of Rayalaseema who have been demanding that the capital city be located at Kurnool, Naidu may announce some special schemes for the region in the first budget itself. The possibility of making a BC from Rayalaseema as a Deputy Chief Minister is also not being ruled out. Similarly, he may announce that an IIT would be set up at Tirupati.
It is reliably learnt that Naidu may not function from the Secretariat in Hyderabad. He wants that all officials and ministers should work from Seemandhra and ensure that the capital city gets ready within the scheduled time. He has already announced that he would be spending most of his time – at least three to four days a week – in Seemandhra and his house in Hyderabad can double as the camp office when he is in Hyderabad.
Bapulapadu mandal is about 20-25 km from Hanuman Junction on NH 16 (Chennai - Kolkata) and Nujiveedu - Machilipatnam State Highway. It is located 62 km towards North from District headquarters Machilipatnam. It is about 324 km from Hyderabad. Bapulapadu is on the borders of West Godavari and Krishna districts. It consists of three villages of Krishna and West Godavari districts, namely Bapulapadu (Krishna district) and Epuru (Timmineedu) and Appanaveedu (West Godavari District). Bapulapadu mandal consist of 41 villages and 27 Panchayats. The average temperatures range between 27 degrees in January to 35 degrees in May.
Krishna district has got a very good road network – NH5 and NH9 – and is strategically located on the railway map of the country. Because of its geographical location, it is easy to commute even from Rayalaseema region. Krishna district is strategically located on the railway map of country and all most all trains coming from north and proceeding towards south are passing through Vijayawada. TDP has already announced that it would upgrade Gannavaram airport as an international airport which would also be named as N T Rama Rao airport.
Bapalapadu being close to Nujiveedu is known for its mangoes and oranges which are exported to various parts of the country, and there is lot of scope to develop agro-based industries. This mandal also has a good number of educational institutions.
