Bric-a-brac
gains & pains
industrialists
queue for chandrababu naidu
Andhra Pradesh is agog with
activity. Nara Chandrababu Naidu is a much sought-after Chief Minister and
industrialists, business houses, especially infrastructure companies, are
queuing to meet him. The reason: the new capital of Andhra Pradesh is to come
up in Guntur district with the government identifying 30,000 acres across 17
villages. Approximately, Rs. 40,000 crore will be spent on
the construction of the new state-of-the-art Capital. Surprisingly, most of the
land has been purchased by top Congress leaders, who were part of the State
reorganisation. Globally reputed firms are in the race to become the Project
Advisory and Management Consultant (PAMC) that will advise and help the State
government in the project. The London-based Arup Group, in consortium with the
San Francisco-based Thompson Design Group, the globally known McKinsey, the
joint venture of Korea Land and Housing Corporation and Yooshin Engineering
Corporation (both from the Republic of Korea), the Japan-based consortium of
Oriental Consultants Global and Capital Fortunes Private Limited, Hyderabad,
and the Netherlands-based Royal Haskoning DHV Consulting Private Limited in
consortium with Haskoning DHV Nederland BV are among the eight groups
shortlisted for the PAMC project. As many as 15 companies had submitted the
Expression of Interest. What will happen when 100 smart cities will be built in
India, can be imagined!
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