AP CM Naidu unveils green vision for Amaravati; aims to make it India's largest lung space city
During a review meeting on the Amaravati Beautification and Green-Blue Master Plan at the Secretariat on Thursday, Naidu emphasised the development of trunk roads, connecting roads, LPS layouts, buffer zones, and plantation of medicinal herbs, indigenous tree species and seasonal flowering trees to foster a lush, eco-friendly urban environment. He instructed officials to undertake avenue plantations along all roads and to create international-standard parks and green zones.
Parks should be named after different countries and feature flora native to those regions. Roads should be named in harmony with nature.
He urged officials to study successful urban models from Bengaluru and Singapore, and suggested consulting yoga guru Baba Ramdev for guidance on cultivating medicinal plants. Naidu also envisioned growing native species from across India, from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari, within Amaravati.
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