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Amaravati's ambitious construction projects are severely hampered by a significant labour shortage, with the current workforce at just 17,000, far below the required 36,010. Migrant workers are leaving due to poor living conditions and delayed wages, causing project pace to halve. Contractors are reluctant to hire local labour, exacerbating the crisis.

The new capital city of Andhra Pradesh will be built around the ancient town of Amaravati, once home to the powerful Satavahana dynasty, a senior minister and highly-placed government sources said.

According to an investigation by CID, 797 white ration card-holders, each with a monthly income of less than Rs 5,000, bought lands worth Rs 220 crore in Amaravati in 2014 and 2015. The state CID has now written to the Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate asking for an investigation into possible tax evasion and money laundering in the deals.

The decision to trifurcate the capital will result in huge losses to the public exchequer, senior counsel Shyam Diwan, representing Rajadhani Rytu Parirakshana Samiti, told the high court on Tuesday.

VIT-AP, the first private university proposed to be set up in the andhra pradesh capital region, will come up at Inavolu and will be ready by July 10.The university management has said that classes for the first batch of VIT-AP will begin at 9am on July 19.

The silence of the film industry on protests surrounding the three capital cities proposal in Amaravati has drawn criticism from farmers in the capital region.

Coming up on the banks of river Krishna between Vijayawada and Guntur and covering 217 sq km, Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, will be the seat of power, a commercial hub and will include a central business district, commercial zones, industrial parks and residential neighbourhoods.

Notwithstanding the fact that the TDP fought the 2014 polls in alliance with the BJP, not much money can be expected from government of India for constructing the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.

Days after the Sivaramakrishnan Committee report opened Pandora's Box and spread confusion, allegations and counter-allegations have muddied the waters further.

Apprehensive of the possibility of the temporary capital becoming permanent, the committee cited the example of Uttarakhand.

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) on Decentralization and three capitals has planned a massive rally as a show of strength in favour of Visakhapatnam as the state capital.

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairman and YSRCP's regional coordinator of North Andhra districts YV Subba Reddy said that Visakhapatnam will pave the way for more Garjanas as people of this region want Vizag to be made as executive capital of the state.

Farmers from Thullur region on Saturday met Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and presented around Rs 3.5 lakh for development of the new state capital Amaravathi.

The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday formed an advisory committee led by municipal administration and urban development minister P Narayana to zero in on the new capital city of the state.

India's ace pugilist Vijender Singh said that he is open to setting up a boxing academy in the andhra pradesh capital if the state government supports him.