AP nod for Amaravati as capital

Andhra Cabinet to send resolution to Centre for changes to AP State Reorganisation Act

- S VISWANATH @ Vijayawada

THE State Cabinet meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, approved Amaravati as the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. A resolution naming Amaravati as the capital of the residual state of Andhra Pradesh will be sent to the Centre to amend the AP State Reorganisation Act.

Sections 2 and 5 of the AP State Reorganisation Act mention that Hyderabad would serve as the joint capital for ten years following the State bifurcation. After this period, Hyderabad would become the capital of Telangana, and the newly constructed capital by Andhra Pradesh would become its own. However, the Act did not specify the name of Andhra Pradesh's new capital. Therefore, the Cabinet has decided to send a resolution to the Centre to officially include Amaravati as the capital city of AP.