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- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Vijayawada

THE Capital Region Development Authority meeting has cleared 59 tenders to take up infrastructure development works worth ₹37,702.15 crore in the capital city of Amaravati.

The works will be taken up soon after the approval of the State Cabinet, which is scheduled to meet on March 17.

Briefing mediapersons on the CRDA decisions after the end of the meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday, Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Ponguru Narayana said over 20,000 workers will take part in the development works.

Tenders were invited for 73 works worth ₹48,012 crore as the Cabinet had already cleared them.

Of these, 59 work tenders worth ₹37,702.15 crore were cleared by CRDA.

The Letter of Intent will be issued for the works soon.

Of the total 59 works, 22 in the CRDA limits cost ₹22,607.11 crore, while 37 other works under the purview of Amaravati Development Corporation Limited are worth ₹15,095.04 crore, he explained.

Narayana said the CRDA meeting also cleared the land allotment to 31 organisations.