As building a new capital will take a long time, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that there is a need for having a temporary capital.
In a meeting with the Central Government’s advisory committee on a new AP capital, Naidu said that the new capital should be built in a way that it should have the world class infrastructure and other facilities and should also become a tourist attraction.
Chief Minister has also started the exercise of relocating some of the offices of the State Government and directed the officials to start assessing the buildings available in Vijayawada.
According to the sources Vijayawada, the commercial capital of United Andhra Pradesh is likely to emerge as the temporary capital. They include “Medha Towers”, IT Park complex near Gannavaram airport in Vijayayawada.
Officials were told to find spaces to accommodate the Government employees apart form locating the offices.