Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu, spoke against the people who filed complaints with the World Bank to derail the construction of the capital city, Amaravati.
On Sunday, Chandrababu Naidu attended a meeting to review works that are related to Amaravati. At the meeting, Chandrababu Naidu said, “Prepare a comprehensive action plan with measures which are to be initiated legally against the people working against the capital city. We shall not spare such forces.”
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh was referring to the loan request from his government to the World Bank, to the tune of USD 300 million, that is pending approval.
This year, during the month of May, the World Bank has received a request from the landowners to inspect the area before approving the loan. The landowners said their livelihood would be affected after the implementation of the Amaravati project.
“The Requesters note that some of the proposed Project activities will be implemented on lands assembled under the LPS (Land Pooling Scheme.) They claim that many landowners and farmers were intimidated and economically coerced to participate in the LPS. They state that farmers who have not consented to join the LPS will be forced to either pool their land under the LPS or their land will be acquired by the GoAP under the Land Acquisition Act. In their view, neither option provides adequate compensation to restore livelihoods or purchase comparable replacement land,” a World Bank notice said.
“Since the day the capital region was allocated to Guntur and Krishna districts the opposition leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy is trying to sabotage government’s efforts by instigating farmers and filing the cases in courts and the Green Tribunal,” Irrigation Minister, D. Umamaheswar Rao said last week.
The Chief Minister has assured the World Bank that the farmers in the capital region have faith in the Amaravati project and the complaint was an attempt by the opposition to derail the work.
