Sunday, October 11, 2015

Amaravathi Current Development Strategy for state AP - Good or Bad? - Appreciate or Hate? Curse or Bless?

Do I need to worry or be happy about Amaravathi development activities?
I am worried about Amaravathi current development strategies as the capital of AP, because:
1. It is not helping me or my people or my region in any way
2. It is not generating revenue to my state at least for one generation
3. It is deserting green fields where there is no irrigation problem
4. It is sucking all the money from all the corners of the state causing halt/delay of all development works/projects in other regions of the state
5. It is going to increase migration to Amaravati area as industrial, IT, business, major institutes are being concentrated in one region apart from concentrating all governments departments heads, Secretariat, assembly, high court here.
6. Higher cost of living in this area. We don't need to get surprised if we see higher cost of living in Amaravathi compared Delhi, Mumbai or Coimbatore.
7. We need land to build a city and not green fields.
8. Singapore is a bad reference for us. Our environment, state size, resources in our state, population, diversity are totally different from Singapore. Why don't we take reference of American States capital cities, where we can clearly see the employment, industrial or IT development away from state head quarters.
9. Moreover, experts opinion/feedback from our nation is not considered for the capital city development
10. Current Amaravathi development strategy is going to seed another separatist movement "Separate Rayalaseema State"
11. Land donors for the capital city are not given provision to get the equal benefit as of investors. They shall have given a proportional share in the industries that come in the capital region.
12. How many jobs are going to get created in capital region vs How many are lost jobs now (directly - from agriculture and indirectly-from agriculture dependent industries), how much economy got affected because of reduced cultivation?  - There is no estimation or white paper from Government of AP


With the above reasons, I do not hesitate to say that I hate proposed Amaravathi. #IhateAmaravathi