An artist’s impression of Amaravati, the Singapore-designed capital of Andhra Pradesh that’s taking shape on the banks of the Krishna river. The master plans envisage the creation of 1.8 million jobs in the capital city by 2050, by which time the larger capital region would have 5.6 million jobs. These are but minor inconveniences in the building of India’s newest state capital. km, a capital city master plan (217 sq. And why build a new capital when the government could easily have designated one of the existing cities in Andhra Pradesh, with infrastructure ready, as the capital?

Source: Mint July 21, 2016 20:37 UTC