I investigated India’s failed city of Rs 6,67,000 CRORES | Andhra Pradesh

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Published 2024-05-25
Did you know Andhra Pradesh was going to build the happiest and most sustainable city in India?
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Amaravati was going to be the modern and sustainable capital of Andhra Pradesh!

- It was planned to be made with an estimated amount of 1.3 billion USD (that’s 10,000 crore!)
- The World Bank with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank invested 500 million USD for this project.
- 24,000 farmers gave up 35,000 acres of land for the greenfield city. This is bigger than the area of Chandigarh.
- The city was planned to accommodate a huge population of 3.5 million people.
- Amaravati planners assumed that 1.5 million jobs would be created in this city.
- The city was supposed to have underground electricity lines and internet cables.
- The legislative house was planned to be 68 metres taller than the Statue of Unity.
- Planners of this city had a vision of a sustainable city that’s why 50% of the city was planned to be left for greenspaces.
- But one election in 2019 changed everything, when Jagan Mohan Reddy won the election he decided that Amaravati’s plan would not be taken forward and cancelled it.
- Instead he proposed the 3 capital plan which is being contested in the court as we speak and the verdict would be delivered after the elections of 2024, while pushing the farmers who gave up their land into uncertainty.
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Sources - docs.google.com/document/d/1HuY0tyPV4ZmNOPsUGD2oA9…

Chapters
0:00 - Intro
2:02 - Reaching Amaravati
4:06 - Why was Amaravati chosen?
5:49 - What was promised?
8:01 - Why did Amaravati fail?
10:06 - Current situation of Amaravati
11:49 - Need of new big cities
12:34 - Outro

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Additional Reading and Watching:
Article listing the best livable cities in the world - www.eca-international.com/news/january-2024/singap…
Background of the Amaravati Plan - crda.ap.gov.in/apcrdaCOMMUNI/media/apcrdadocs/Work…
Article on the Amaravati City - www.livemint.com/Politics/fpmYw43wSuaTHwfTgTlpgK/A…
A video visualising how grand this city was going to be -    • Amaravati Government Complex masterpl...  
Amaravati’s current situation -    • Buzzing with action not long ago, no ...  
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Gear Used
Camera - Sony A7III
Mic - DJI mic 1
Phone - Samsung S23
Drone - DJI Mini 4 Pro
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This video was sponsored by the heatwave of Andhra Prades
All Comments (21)
  • @VoiceofNirudyogi
    Jagan Mohan Reddy's Ego made Andhra Pradesh a backward and capital less state 😢
  • @gs2316
    Final Slap - Bye Bye Jagan.
  • @rajkarankumawat5911
    People's talk about North farmers protest but no-one talk about this 1600 days are not a short number 😢😢
  • @tdsathishkumar
    i appreciate your efforts to show the truth & struggles of the farmers (who donated their lands for our capital "Amaravati").
  • @sumit_101
    1600 days protest and not many people even know about this in country itself.
  • @kaushikkaligotla
    Looks like Amaravathi might breathe again, Jagan has lost the elections!
  • @PriyankaYadav-lb9jd
    Chandra Babu Naidu is again the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. I hope he will take steps for Amravati
  • @darkknight6551
    Nice video, never thought that our neighboring state was struggling and already had a huge vision in their mind, what a dream project. From a common man (Chennai)
  • @_VK9959
    I blame mainstream media for not showing this comparisions before to the public. Atleast you covered it. Thank you.
  • @10ON10
    The effort put in for this video are really commendable!
  • @TheBeast-ud1xz
    After watching your video, I understood one thing that to make Amravati the capital, billions of rupees are needed which the government does not have, hence the dream of making Amravati the capital remained only a dream.
  • @onsjsk37
    Who is here after AP election results 2024?
  • @srinikoganti
    Thank you for making a honest video. National media has no time to show this injustice and destruction.
  • @Ashutoshji30
    I'm from Jharkhand and have seen no development since my childhood. There is huge opportunity for development but due to dirty politics and naxals no one dares to open an industry or run a business here. For any development you need to fund them and do according to them only. One other thing is literacy rate is also not increasing as here thes tribal people have got enough reservation so that they don't need to work so hard. The government remains same with each passing year and keeps on doing so with the help of those tribals only. I don't why a state with so much resources is not developing so fast😢
  • @ashwinsuryawanshi
    Singapore is built on the values of honesty & meritocracy. Indian can never build anything like Singapore until the system get rids of the corruption and relegion/caste-based politics.
  • @rajibnxt
    Now the people of AP should give atleast 15 years to Naidu for this..
  • @uttammzp.......
    Main ye video 65-70 logo ko send Kiya hu kyuki mujhe bahut informative laga video❤