The Singapore Government on Monday handed over the master plan for the second phase of the Andhra Pradesh capital. The master plan, covering 125 square kms of core area of new capital Amaravati, was presented to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu by Singapore’s Second Minister for trade and Industry S Iswaran in Hyderabad. The master plan of the first phase covering 7,325 square kms was handed over to Naidu when he visited Singapore recently. Singapore agencies are now busy working on the third and the last phase of the capital city. It was expected to be ready by July 15.
later a high-level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister had a discussion over the second master plan. This area will house the offices of the State and the Central Government departments. The meeting decided to develop the infrastructure of the city in the Public Private Partnership mode. Chief Minister Naidu is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the new capital at 8.49 am on June 6. Sources said that Singapore has given a lot of importance to the greenery in the Master Plan. Apart from the infrastructure of international standards, including water and power supply and roads, the Master Plan lays emphasis on greenery, parks, sports facilities, industry, IT and commercial and residential blocks.