Fresh tenders soon for Amaravati developmental works: AP Minister Ponguru Narayana

Maintaining that the way for closing the old tenders that have turned as an obstacle, is now cleared for the Amaravati developmental works, the Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD), Ponguru Narayana declared on Monday that the process to call for fresh tenders will begin soon.

Stating that the 39th Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) meeting was held under the leadership of the Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, at the State Secretariat, the Minister for Municipal Administration later told media persons that all the developmental works in Amaravati will be completed in another three years. The 39th CRDA meeting has taken various decisions with regard to Amaravathi developmental works.

Tenders have been called between 2014 and 2019 for works worth Rs 41,000 crore in Amaravati of which works amounting to Rs 35,000 crore have been launched, Ponguru Narayana said. Works have been taken up for the construction of the High Court, Assembly along with several roads, residential complexes for the High Court judges, the Ministers and the officers, the Minister said.

Regretting that the previous government has totally neglected the ongoing works in the name of three capitals, Narayana said that even bills worth several crores for various agencies which have taken up the works have been kept pending. A technical committee comprising the chief engineers has been constituted on July 24 only to formulate the norms to resolve such issues with regard to pending bills of the past tenders and close the matter permanently, he said.

Panel put forth 23 recommendations

Stating that the panel had submitted its report on October 29 with 23 points, the MAUD Minister said that Monday's CRDA meeting discussed the report in detail and approved it. As per the 23 recommendations of this committee all the old tenders will be closed and fresh tenders will be called, he added.

Except the High Court and the Assembly building works tenders will be called for all other works before December 31 while for the High Court and the Assembly works tenders will be called by January next, Narayana observed. All these works will be completed within the next three years after which Amaravathi will be one of the best five cities in the world, he said.

Reservoirs to come up to prevent flooding

The Minister said that the World Bank has given its consent to release Rs 15,000 crore for Amaravati works and stated that the bank representatives, however, asked the State Government to complete at the earliest possible the works related to the flood prevention works. As part of this exercise reservoirs are being constructed in various parts including the 217 km stretch of the capital city of Amaravati, the Minister said.

These reservoirs are being constructed as per the Netherlands design gravity canal reservoirs are being built at Kondaveeti and Palavagu in the capital region while storage reservoirs at Neerukonda, Krishnayapalem, Sakhamuru and Vundavalli, Narayana said. The Minister for Municipal Administration said that the Inner Ring Road and Outer Ring Road will certainly be taken up despite the bypass roads around the capital city of Amaravati.