Andhra Pradesh government likely to play architect Central Vista in New Delhi, Bimal Patel, for a tri-city spread of government offices and assembly buildings, with the executive branch being settled in the port city of Visakhapatnam.
“Andhra Pradesh government is planning to shift its executive wing to Visakhapatnam including Chief Minister’s Office etc. There is a court case regarding some of the schemes which need to be resolved but the plans for the tri-city are still underway,” said a senior state official. The acquired land in Amaravati will be used for setting up the assembly buildings and the Andhra Pradesh High Court will come up in Kurnool.
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“The Andhra Pradesh government has shortlisted Bimal Patel’s firm for the project as the company’s experience in public buildings is commendable,” the source said.
talking to HinduPatel observed that “As of now, we are doing a guest house project for the Andhra Pradesh government. Government officials in Andhra Pradesh said that court cases need to be settled before anything can go ahead formally.
Mr. Patel, a leading architect, especially in the field of public buildings and projects, is the person behind Central Vista Project Remodeling the Parliament Building and most of the office spaces of central ministries. He designed the Ahmedabad Riverfront project, and is currently involved in the redevelopment of the Sabarmati Ashram, which was founded by Mahatma Gandhi.
Jagan Mohan’s election
The capital of Andhra Pradesh was first finalized as Amaravati and extensive land acquisition was done through land pooling. The election of Jagan Mohan Reddy as chief minister in 2019, however, led to changes in plans and legal challenges and counter challenges, including the new government’s plan to divide the capital into three regions.
To a question as to why Visakhapatnam was chosen as the location of a new capital by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government, a senior YSRCP leader said the city had “an airport and a port, offices of major public sector undertakings and a Has the potential to become a metropolis.”
With several breaks regarding the construction of the capital since the bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh state in 2014, it is hoped that finalizing a design vision may make the possibilities of a new capital more realistic. .
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