05-05-2025
Amaravati is on course to becoming a world-class city, says PIB former DG Rajeev Jain
Press Information Bureau (PIB) former director general and former spokesman of the Ministries of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Rajeev Jain has said Amaravati is on course to becoming a world-class city as the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has been pro-actively engaging with a host of Central Ministries to facilitate construction of the greenfield capital city.
Addressing media persons here along with PIB Additional DG Rajinder Chaudhry on Monday, Mr. Jain said suitable steps were taken for the Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Projects and around 750 fully air conditioned electric buses were allocated to Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) under the PM-eBus Seva scheme. These vehicles would help in curbing the menace of pollution.
Under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM), more than 84% of the projects worth ₹5,701 crore were completed in the Smart Cities of Amaravati, Kakinada, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam. A.P. performed extremely well under the PM Street Vendor Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) with a disbursement of 103%.
Mr. Jain said under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT & AMRUT 2.0), funds to the tune of ₹589 crore were released to A.P. and the DPRs approved for 367 projects costing more than ₹6,200 crore.
