Amaravati farmers to embark on 45-day Maha Padayatra
The Hindu
A contingent of farmers from Amaravati is all set to embark on a 45-day Maha Padayatra from Thullur in Guntur district to Tirumala on November 1 to highlight the adverse consequences of splitting Amar
A contingent of farmers from Amaravati is all set to embark on a 45-day Maha Padayatra from Thullur in Guntur district to Tirumala on November 1 to highlight the adverse consequences of splitting Amaravati, into legislative, executive and judicial capitals (Amaravati, Visakhapatnam and Kurnool respectively) for them personally and the State as a whole.
Former CM N. Chandrababu Naidu had visualized Amaravati as a greenfield capital city of global standards and gave it some shape before the ambitious project ran aground after the YSR Congress came to power in early 2019.
The padayatra will pass through about 70 important villages in Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore and Chittoor districts where the farmers will apprise the people of the alleged injustice being meted to them by the government in the name of decentralisation.
Everyone talks about the Airport Metro, but one look at the pillars and completion seems nowhere in sight. Meanwhile, a faster, cheaper, roomier alternative called the Suburban Rail Airport Corridor is finally getting off the drawing board. This dedicated corridor with its specialised coaches will link the airport to vast stretches of Bengaluru, where the metro connection is still years away.