Amaravati land pooling put on hold by Cabinet

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to put on hold the process for the pooling of around 42,226 acres of additional land for the second phase of Amaravati capital city development, following resistance from the farmers in the villages, officials familiar with the development said on Friday.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

The decision was taken at the state cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on July 9. “The pooling of additional land for the capital was to be decided by the cabinet, but it was decided to keep the decision in abeyance, as some ministers expressed apprehensions over the negative fallout of the decision,” an official of the municipal administration and urban development (MAUD) department, privy to the matter said.

He said the cabinet decided to refer the matter to a group of ministers that is currently engaged in allotment of land to various entities in Amaravati capital city to “talk to and convince the farmers.”

It was only July 1 that state municipal administration and urban development principal secretary Suresh Kumar issued the gazette notification on Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Land Pooling Scheme (Formulation and Implementation) Rules ~ 2025.