Alliance Plans Rs 51,000-Crore Urban Development Push
He said the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation received Rs 1,016 crore between 2019 and 2024, alleging that a substantial portion of the funds had been diverted.
Vijayawada:The coalition government has taken up and proposed urban infrastructure projects worth around Rs 51,000 crore across Andhra Pradesh, including Rs 4,309 crore for Vijayawada, Lanka Dinakar, chairman of the Twenty Points Programme implementation, said on Friday.
With the support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the leadership of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and the coordination of Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan, development was accelerating, he said.
Dinakar expressed confidence that the NDA would win more than 90 per cent of seats in local body elections. He alleged that the YSRC was instigating violence in Rayalaseema.
He said the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation received Rs 1,016 crore between 2019 and 2024, alleging that a substantial portion of the funds had been diverted. Since 2024, Rs 927 crore had been utilised for drinking water, overhead tanks, drainage and other works, he said.
The proposed Rs 4,309-crore package for Vijayawada includes Rs 733 crore for drinking water and sewerage, Rs 1,908 crore for stormwater drainage, Rs 1,315 crore for sewage treatment and canal development, Rs 320 crore for water supply, and Rs 33 crore for cremation grounds and parks.
Across 120 municipalities, hybrid annuity model (HAM) projects worth Rs 7,649.46 crore are being implemented. Works worth another `4,000 crore have been launched, while projects worth Rs 22,350 crore have been taken up across the state and proposals worth Rs 17,000 crore are in the pipeline.
AMRUT 1.0 and AMRUT 2.0 projects in Andhra Pradesh are valued Rs 3,333.76 crore and Rs 10,251.72 crore, respectively.
