Hyderabad: The Joint Implementation Working Committee (JISC) working on developing Amaravati, will have representatives from both Andhra Pradesh and Singapore governments.
The JISC Singapore will have one co-opted member, namely, Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) executive director Khoo Teng Chye, and AP will have two. It will also have two secretaries, one each from AP and Singapore. Director Francis Chong from Singapore will be the secretary of JISC.
Singapore said the Joint Implementation Working Committee and Amaravati development partner will also take part in JISC. Singapore also said in its report that the Amaravati development partners were the Capital City Development and Management Corporation and the Singapore Consortium.
In the Swiss Challenge Proposal, Singapore said that the Singapore Consortium would consist of Ascendas, Singbridge and Sembcorp. CCDMC is 100 per cent owned by the AP government whereas Ascendas, Singbridge and Sembcorp Companies are not 100 per cent owned by Singapore.
Besides, the AP government did not call for tenders for the selection of the Amaravati development partner, Singapore seeming to assume that its consortium was the Amaravati development partner.
Both AP and Singapore will have Amaravati Project offices. Singapore’s Amaravati Project office will be led by the government of Singapore Head of Project office, director (governance and capacity building) and director (economic development). The Singapore agencies have made coordinated efforts to implement the Government to Government (G to G) MOU. The AP government’s Amaravati Project office is the partner of the Singapore government’s project office, led by the state government’s head.
Singapore in its report also suggested what the structure of the Joint Implementation Working Committee should be like. The Singapore Co-Chair will look after infrastructure, such as roads, housing and electricity, water, waste water, solid waste disposal while the AP Co-Chair would take care of economic development, such as the AP Economic Development Board (Incentives) skills development, industry promotion and land allocation.
Municipal services, like education, health, security, traffic/ transportation, waste management and urban greenery will be looked after by both AP and Singapore.
