Services should be decentralised: CBN

Vijayawada, Nov 2 (INN): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu held a review on Amaravati on Wednesday and said that development should not confine just to the capital area and that services should be decentralized.

CRDA Commissioner Sreedhar informed the Chief Minister that they are holding meeting with mangers of star hotels, representatives of schools and colleges and are in the process of identifying land. 'A total of 39 hotels like Taj, ITC, Novotel have come forward and we are holding a meeting with hospital groups this month on the 11th,' informed the CRDA commissioner.

He stressed that hospitals, schools, malls and other services should come up in different parts of the capital region for people's convenience.

The officials informed the Chief Minister that by December 31st 2017 all arterial roads and sub arterial roads of 270 km would be completed with an estimate cost of 3,600 crores.

In addition to the above, 130 km of collector roads will be laid the officials said. The CM warned the officials that no water logging should be seen and asked them not to compromise on the quality and standards.

The Chief Minister asked the officials to take up works on priority basis and said that economic activity should start immediately. He asked the officials to build bridges, dams and storm water drainages along the roads.

The officials explained the advantages of common utility duct and showed different models which are being used in China, Europe and Singapore. The CM asked the officials to come up with more information and details of the common utility ducts in Singapore.

The officials informed the Chief Minister that they are in the process of identifying areas for establishing iconic parks and that the proposals for the same will be placed in the coming days.

The CRDA commissioner informed the Chief Minister that plot allotment for 10 villages has been completed.

The Chief Minister asked the officials to build a world class stadium to conduct national games by 2018.

Later, he spoke on the development of the legal city and said that the city should be a one stop place for all legal services.

The meeting was attended by Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana, Special Chief Secretary Satish Chandra, Principal Secretary to CM Sai Prasad, CRDA Principal Secretary Ajay Jain and Managing Director of Capital city Development and Management Corporation Lakshmi Parthasarathy.