The capital of Andhra Pradesh, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Saturday that the government will finalise the location in the next 10 days. The Sivaramakrishnan Committee is expected to submit its final report in a week after which the state government will take a decision, Naidu said.
"We are awaiting the experts' committee report. The panel recently completed its tour of Rayalaseema and it is now giving finishing touches to the report. We will take decision on the capital within seven to 10 days from now," Naidu told TDP leaders.
The chief minister said that deciding the capital has become crucial for kick-starting development activities in all districts. Naidu said he would spend more days in Vijayawada in the coming months and assured clarity on crop loan waiver and self-help group loans shortly.
The chief minister reiterated that he was committed to his pre-poll promise of loan waiver and asked farmers not to harbour doubts about it. The government is working on the technicalities of its implementation and loan waivers would be taken up after the announcement of rescheduling of loans, he said. Naidu said that work on the Machilipatnam port would be started soon and Krishna district would be made an industrial hub by setting up more industries close to Machilipatnam.
