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Amaravati's ambitious construction projects are severely hampered by a significant labour shortage, with the current workforce at just 17,000, far below the required 36,010. Migrant workers are leaving due to poor living conditions and delayed wages, causing project pace to halve. Contractors are reluctant to hire local labour, exacerbating the crisis.

The new capital city of Andhra Pradesh will be built around the ancient town of Amaravati, once home to the powerful Satavahana dynasty, a senior minister and highly-placed government sources said.

According to an investigation by CID, 797 white ration card-holders, each with a monthly income of less than Rs 5,000, bought lands worth Rs 220 crore in Amaravati in 2014 and 2015. The state CID has now written to the Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate asking for an investigation into possible tax evasion and money laundering in the deals.

The decision to trifurcate the capital will result in huge losses to the public exchequer, senior counsel Shyam Diwan, representing Rajadhani Rytu Parirakshana Samiti, told the high court on Tuesday.

VIT-AP, the first private university proposed to be set up in the andhra pradesh capital region, will come up at Inavolu and will be ready by July 10.The university management has said that classes for the first batch of VIT-AP will begin at 9am on July 19.

The silence of the film industry on protests surrounding the three capital cities proposal in Amaravati has drawn criticism from farmers in the capital region.

Coming up on the banks of river Krishna between Vijayawada and Guntur and covering 217 sq km, Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, will be the seat of power, a commercial hub and will include a central business district, commercial zones, industrial parks and residential neighbourhoods.

Notwithstanding the fact that the TDP fought the 2014 polls in alliance with the BJP, not much money can be expected from government of India for constructing the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.

Days after the Sivaramakrishnan Committee report opened Pandora's Box and spread confusion, allegations and counter-allegations have muddied the waters further.

Apprehensive of the possibility of the temporary capital becoming permanent, the committee cited the example of Uttarakhand.

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) on Decentralization and three capitals has planned a massive rally as a show of strength in favour of Visakhapatnam as the state capital.

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairman and YSRCP's regional coordinator of North Andhra districts YV Subba Reddy said that Visakhapatnam will pave the way for more Garjanas as people of this region want Vizag to be made as executive capital of the state.

Farmers from Thullur region on Saturday met Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and presented around Rs 3.5 lakh for development of the new state capital Amaravathi.

The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday formed an advisory committee led by municipal administration and urban development minister P Narayana to zero in on the new capital city of the state.

India's ace pugilist Vijender Singh said that he is open to setting up a boxing academy in the andhra pradesh capital if the state government supports him.

If astrologers are anything to go by, the Chandrababu Naidu government seems to have chosen an ‘inauspicious’ muhurat to hold ‘bhumi puja’ (ground-breaking ceremony) for the capital city.

The andhra pradesh capital region, Vijayawada, is grappling with intense flooding after unprecedented rainfall, resulting in 15 fatalities. Major areas have been submerged, and landslides have occurred, forcing evacuations. Authorities are conducting large-scale rescue and relief operations. The Krishna river’s water levels are rising, exacerbating the situation and posing additional threats.

Heeding to the advice of astrologers, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to hold the ground-breaking ceremony for the new capital at 8.49 am on June 6.

Andhra Pradesh municipal administration and urban development minister P Narayana on Saturday introduced the much awaited andhra pradesh capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) Bill-2014 in the assembly.

The andhra pradesh capital Region Development Authority will initiate action against developers of illegal layouts under its limits. The town and country planning wing of the APCRDA has started serving notices and demolishing illegal layouts that were recently developed.

Giving a fresh twist to the capital city controversy, municipal administration and urban development minister Botcha Satyanarayana on Monday said Parliament has not endorsed Amaravati as the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. He further said that Hyderabad is the joint capital city for both AP and Telangana till 2024 as per AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.

Vijayawada in Krishna district of coastal Andhra Pradesh has traditionally occupied a prominent place in the history of Telugus.

Putting to rest all speculation about the permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh, chief minister Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday that it will be located in Vijayawada-Guntur region.

Speaking at the global investors’ conference in Delhi on Tuesday, he invited investors to the state. He asked them to come to Visakhapatnam where the global investment summit is planned for two days in March.