Amaravati - Brand New Capital of Andra Pradesh

[Star Wars]

The new Andhra Pradesh state is envisioning to build a new Capital City, close to Vijayawada and Guntur. Shri. N Chandrababu Naidu, the chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and his offi cials aspire to build a world class Capital City; the glowing pride for all the people of Andhra Pradesh.

The development of the New Capital City will be on a green fi eld site of approximately 212 sq km located centrally within the Capital Region. The Capital Region comprises of 7,420 sq.km. straddling on both sides of the Krishna River in both Krishna and Guntur Districts. The Capital Region is well connected to the surrounding economic hubs by air , rail, road, and ports.

To effectively manage and improve infrastructure provisions

• Integrate storm water drainage system with the existing canal and village tank network for flood management and recreation purposes.
• Establish state of art waste management and disposal systems across the city.
• Consolidate and reserve land for future infrastructure needs.
• Develop smart grid in the city for efficient management of power and energy.
• Encourage use of renewable energy.
• Give incentives for green building construction practices.
• Protect and integrate nature with parks and open spaces
• Employ innovative and resource efficient infrastructure for a healthy built environment
• Develop electronic database for reticulation on infrastructure to facilitate the operation and maintenance of the network.

To preserve enchanting Nature and Biodiversity

• Conserve the existing forest cover and hills under protected zones.
• Reserve high value agriculture land under agricultural protected on zone.
• Create a seamless network of parks and greens by integrating the village ponds, natural features, canal network and water bodies.
• Develop a standard for hierarchy of park systems namely neighbourhood parks, Town Parks, and Regional Parks that are distributed across the region.
• Reserve most of the waterfront along Krishna river for public use.
• Mandate retaining the green network reserved in the Capital City Plan.
• Plan the capital city using water sustainable urban design guidelines.

To Offer affordable Quality of living and Environment for all

• Create modern planned residential townships in the capital city.
• Provide a range of mixed residential choices especially near the growth centers.
• Revitalize and redevelop existing high and low density informal settlements .
• Ensure access to various amenities and open green space network.
• Plan residential developments close to employment centers where people make a competitive salary and have a plethora of options for entertainment and outdoor activities

To preserve Urban Heritage, Promote tourism and create waterfront identity

• Develop heritage and conservation strategy Plan for the Region.
• Incorporate a tourism circuit catering to various interests - Temple Tourism, Nature and Adventure Tourism.
• Create unique waterfront identity through the New Capital City.
• Tourism & theme based (Film City) developments to be undertaken to enhance the image of the region from an international perspective.
• Promote region’s unique traditional arts and engage citizens in its promoting local lifestyle and culture.

Source in the pdf in the official website (cant link pdf file for some odd reason)

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[scionoftheindus]

I am excited looking at the pictures on tv(of how it is going to be once completed )..I hope and wish it turns out to be the most beautiful and cleanest city in India..looking forward to shilanyaas by modi ji day after tomorrow.

 

[Sky lord]

What is the timeline? When will state government offices move ?

 

[MilSpec]

AP has a brilliant opportunity to make this into one of the best capital city. Hopefully Roads are planned to accommodate a population 30 years from now and is not a CF like Bangalore.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

The new Andhra Pradesh state is envisioning to build a new Capital City, close to Vijayawada and Guntur. Shri. N Chandrababu Naidu, the chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and his offi cials aspire to build a world class Capital City; the glowing pride for all the people of Andhra Pradesh.

The development of the New Capital City will be on a green fi eld site of approximately 212 sq km located centrally within the Capital Region. The Capital Region comprises of 7,420 sq.km. straddling on both sides of the Krishna River in both Krishna and Guntur Districts. The Capital Region is well connected to the surrounding economic hubs by air , rail, road, and ports.

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To effectively manage and improve infrastructure provisions

• Integrate storm water drainage system with the existing canal and village tank network for flood management and recreation purposes.
• Establish state of art waste management and disposal systems across the city.
• Consolidate and reserve land for future infrastructure needs.
• Develop smart grid in the city for efficient management of power and energy.
• Encourage use of renewable energy.
• Give incentives for green building construction practices.
• Protect and integrate nature with parks and open spaces
• Employ innovative and resource efficient infrastructure for a healthy built environment
• Develop electronic database for reticulation on infrastructure to facilitate the operation and maintenance of the network.

To preserve enchanting Nature and Biodiversity

• Conserve the existing forest cover and hills under protected zones.
• Reserve high value agriculture land under agricultural protected on zone.
• Create a seamless network of parks and greens by integrating the village ponds, natural features, canal network and water bodies.
• Develop a standard for hierarchy of park systems namely neighbourhood parks, Town Parks, and Regional Parks that are distributed across the region.
• Reserve most of the waterfront along Krishna river for public use.
• Mandate retaining the green network reserved in the Capital City Plan.
• Plan the capital city using water sustainable urban design guidelines.

To Offer affordable Quality of living and Environment for all

• Create modern planned residential townships in the capital city.
• Provide a range of mixed residential choices especially near the growth centers.
• Revitalize and redevelop existing high and low density informal settlements .
• Ensure access to various amenities and open green space network.
• Plan residential developments close to employment centers where people make a competitive salary and have a plethora of options for entertainment and outdoor activities

To preserve Urban Heritage, Promote tourism and create waterfront identity

• Develop heritage and conservation strategy Plan for the Region.
• Incorporate a tourism circuit catering to various interests - Temple Tourism, Nature and Adventure Tourism.
• Create unique waterfront identity through the New Capital City.
• Tourism & theme based (Film City) developments to be undertaken to enhance the image of the region from an international perspective.
• Promote region’s unique traditional arts and engage citizens in its promoting local lifestyle and culture.

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Source in the pdf in the official website (cant link pdf file for some odd reason)

:: Amaravati ::

Help in the construction of Amaravati by Donating in the link below

http://amaravati.gov.in/UserInterface/Payment/AmaravatiDonations.aspx

Nice move, so its basically like Bahria Towns in PK or something bigger?
Bahria cities in PK

 

[Star Wars]

Nice move, so its basically like Bahria Towns in PK or something bigger?
Bahria cities in PK

Not sure what Baharia town is, but its an entirely new City being constructed. Once completed it should be as important as most of the major Indian cities...

 

[Sky lord]

Nice move, so its basically like Bahria Towns in PK or something bigger?

Bahria towns are self contained housing townships right? (Gated communities) . Gated housing societies are common in all Indian cities. This would be bigger, it is an entire city, with manufacturing zones, airports, seaport, train connections, highways etc.

 

[Gibbs]

Buddhist relics to be displayed - The Hindu

Buddhist relics preserved at the Archaeological Museum in Amaravati and kept away from public eye will be exhibited, during the capital foundation ceremony.

A collection of exclusive artefacts from the museum, including bone relics of Buddha will be on display at ‘Amaravati Pavilion’, proposed to be created by the Tourism Department at the venue.

According to sources, the relics were originally found in the stupa at Bhattiprolu in Guntur district. They were donated by the Mahabodhi Society of India and the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

“Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and dignitaries from all across the country and abroad will be here, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu wants the relics to be showcased on this special occasion,” said R. Amarendra Kumar, Executive Director (Projects) AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC). The Amaravati museum is home to many relics dating back to thousands of years, found during excavations. This museum has a wealth of the ancient Amaravati town that belonged to 3rd century BC, through several sculptures that once were a part of Mahachaitya (the giant stupa).

The exhibition will showcase the past, present and the future of the ancient town and will be kept open for public for a month from October 22.

Replicas of sculptures and a miniature model of the future Amaravati capital city will adorn the pavilion besides an exclusive collection of ancient coins.

This region was ruled by dynasties such as the Satavahanas, Andhra Ikshvakus, Pallavas, Ananda Gotrikas, Vishnukundina, Kota Vamsa, Chalukyas, Cholas, Kakatiyas, Reddis and Vijayanagara kings during ancient and medieval times.

Mumbai-based Hinduja Foundation will display coins of a few dynasties such as Pallavas, Vishnukundina and Vijayanagara kingdoms dating from 150 BC to 250 AD.

“We have an exclusive collection of about 70 coins of different dynasties, of which the Satavahana collection is the largest and the most comprehensive,” says Brig (retd.) H. Chukerbuti, chief functionary of Hinduja Foundation.

“We also have a collection of punch marked coins believed to be the oldest coins in Indian history,” said Mr. Chukerbuti.

Punch-marked coins are a type of early coinage of India, dating to between about the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. The foundation members are also calling an expert on Satavahana dynasty from New Delhi to answer the queries of visitors.

“Each coin has a unique motif. There are too many intricacies involved. Only an expert on the subject can explain them,” says the former Brigadier.






The relics were originally found in the stupa at Bhattiprolu in Guntur district

 

[Room]

Actually I want to know what it is with the area some say it is 7000+ sqkm, some say it has 217sq km area.
Actually when I heard about this capital I was told that it is 30 times of that of Singapore.
I am pretty confused.
But I am following the latest trends about this capital on skyscrapercity but I am unable to grasp logic on this particular issue of area.

 

[JohnyD]

I thought Amaravti is in Maharashtra!

 

[ganesh623]

There is amravati in maharashtra.
Is this another city in AP ?

 

[bhagat]

There is amravati in maharashtra.
Is this another city in AP ?

Yes..This amaravathi dates back to 5th century BC. Capital of satavahana dynasty.
Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Star Wars]

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[Darmashkian]

FOundation stone laid down by Modi

 

[Gibbs]

Buddhist motifs for Brand Amaravati - The Hindu


The State’s search for a new identity has found it rediscovering its Buddhist past, both to attract investments and to craft a new culture.

As it goes about building its new capital, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh is emphasising the Buddhist aspect of its long history of two and a half millennia to attract investments from East and Southeast Asia.

It is a strategy stressed by the Buddhism-loving staff of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, and eagerly adopted by him as it fits in well with his mission of raising finances from the cash-rich economies of China, Singapore and Japan.

Ever since the plans for the new capital began to pick up speed earlier this year, the Chief Minister’s advisers have been drawing upon Buddhist motifs from the second century BC Amaravati stupa to embellish their presentations to investors, consultants and functionaries from other governments.

Asoka-era stupa

The master plan, commissioned by the State Government to Singapore consultants, begins with a large image of the Buddha in a meditative posture. It is the image of the Dhyana Buddha, whose 125-feet monument adorns the town now. The town was the site of the world famous Asokan-era stupa and used to be the seat of the Vajrayana Buddhism at the turn of the Christian era.

The invitations to last Thursday’s Amaravati foundation ceremony sent out by the State Government to dignitaries in India and abroad featured the beautiful lotus medallion from the ancient Amaravati stupa. The stunning jali art icon of the Buddha also adorns one of the walls in the office of the Chief Minister.

These efforts are all part of an attempt to rediscover the cultural moorings of the Telugu people in the residuary Andhra Pradesh in the aftermath of bifurcation. The government is invoking the Buddhist strains of Andhra Pradesh’s history to provide a global, rather than local, view to the prospective investors.

It all began with the decision in March this year to name the new capital ‘Amaravati’, after the ancient town on the banks of the river Krishna. Old Amaravati is a veritable time capsule that features structures of different periods — the megalithic era, the Satavahana, the Ikshvaku, the Chalukya, the Pallava, the Telugu Chola, the Palnadu, the British, the Dutch and even the Islamic periods. It showcases a living experience that takes it all to create a seamless whole.

“If you dig two feet beneath here, you’ll discover a 1000-year-old artifact,” says E. Sivanagi Reddy, an archaeologist and director of the Cultural Centre of Vijayawada. True enough, workers digging up the foundation of the collapsed Gali Gopuram of the Amaralingeshwara temple there last month found two sculptures, one dating back to the second century and the other to the 13th century AD.

By harking back to old Amaravati and giving it a Buddhist accent, the government aims to accomplish two purposes: one is of course to attract investment from China, Japan and Singapore; the other is to develop a Buddhist pilgrim circuit tying up the many monuments, relics and monasteries scattered all over Andhra Pradesh. These, if refurbished and projected well, have the potential to rival Bodh Gaya in terms of tourist arrivals.

There are signs that this strategy is creating some interest in those eastern capitals, though it cannot be said yet that concrete investments have been pledged. At the Amaravati foundation ceremony on Thursday, the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Yosuke Takagi, acknowledged that “here is where the seeds of the Japanese nation’s culture and values emerged from” and promised to lend a helping hand to the Amaravati project.

Many of the bureaucrats advising Mr. Naidu on this strategy have taken it upon themselves to showcase the Buddhist face of Amaravati and throw up new ideas for the future. The municipal administration commissioner, Vani Mohan, had a 74-foot Buddha statue installed in the middle of an ancient lake in the heart of Eluru. The state’s principal secretary for tourism, Neerabh Kumar Prasad, is in touch with the Mahayana Buddhist associations in China, Japan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar to promote tourism in the new State. There is also a proposal to build an array of monasteries in New Amaravati. Buddhist orders from Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam have been invited to present their proposals.

Caution against exclusivist rhetoric

However, some advisers of Mr. Naidu are counseling caution as he emphasises the Buddhist element in Andhra’s past, lest it trigger a divisive discourse at home. The Chief Minister’s adviser for communications, Parakala Prabhakar, and heritage conservationist, Amareshwar Galla, an Amaravati native, both say that Amaravati’s past is a composite experience in which no single element can be separated from others.

Dr. Galla says a division of heritage into Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic components is colonial legacy and should not be repeated as it does no justice to the people of Amaravati, who have incorporated elements from all cultures to develop their own.

Heritage conservationists also dismiss the notion that hard-headed investors can be swayed by sentiments. Neither Singapore nor China, the two main focus destinations of Mr Naidu’s investment strategy, have a record of allowing sentiments to rule their decisions.

Deploying faith to pursue what is clearly only a secular objective — raising money for the new capital — is fraught with risks, they warn.

Policymakers involved in the Amaravati project, on Thursday, got an idea of the delicate balance they will have to maintain while executing their strategy. They debated long and hard over whether the logo for Amaravati should feature the Poornaghatam, a motif from the Amaravati Buddhist stupa, or the Poornakumbham, a vedic symbol. Both motifs essentially symbolise the bounty of nature, but choosing one over the other could upset deep-seated notions of identity. These sentiments are best left to individuals; we don’t need to use them to build brand strategies of States, some analysts caution.

New town, ancient heritage

By giving Amaravati a Buddhist accent, the government aims to accomplish two purposes: a) Attract investment from East Asian countries of China, Japan and Singapore; b) Develop a Buddhist pilgrim circuit


The ancient town of Amaravati incorporates elements from multiple cultures and eras — beginning from megalithic era to the British era.


It was the seat of the Vajrayana Buddhism at the turn of the Christian era.


Some planners have taken it upon themselves to stress the town’s Buddhist heritage. Some, however, warn that projecting one aspect of culture at the expense of other is fraught with risks.