Encouraged by the feat of getting almost 30,000 acres of land in only three months to build a new capital near Vijayawada, the Andhra Pradesh Government is looking at adopting the land pooling model for all large public private partnership infrastructure projects in the state.
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Tag: Vijayawada
Vijayawada metro rail feasibility study
The ´Metro Man´ E Sreedharan was recently in the Vijayawada city to initiate studies on the potential for metro rail project in the proposed new capital for Andhra Pradesh.
NBCC MAY develop NEW AP capital
Andhra Pradesh government is in advanced stage of talks with National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) for the development of capital city Vijayawada.
Air Costa to launch flights from Hyd on Dec 10
Regional airline from Andhra Pradesh Air Costa is starting its operation from Hyderabad from this December 10. Air Costa was launched in October by the LEPL Group. The airline is to operate flights from Hyderabad to Chennai, Vijayawada, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.
Centre proposes big projects for Seemandhra
The Centre, in an effort to assuage the Seemandhra people, following its decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to create Telangana, is pushing for big-ticket projects and other sops keeping in view that Vijayawada may be proposed as the capital of the Seemandhra region.
Airport metro extension
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) may consider extending the airport metro corridor to IFFCO Chowk in Gurgaon so that the ridership as well as property development revenue of the line can be boosted. The proposal has been made by the Urban Development Ministry.
AP’s 4 cities to get 737 low-floor Jnnurm buses
Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM) scheme, people of Hyderabad, Visakhapatanam, Vijayawada and Tirupati will get 737 low-floor, semi low-floor buses of different kinds. The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is going to launch the low-floor buses.
Highway in Vijayawada checked for safety
To prevent accidents traffic regulations in Vijayawada is a must, the District Collector Budha-prakash M Jyothi stated while addressing road safety meeting in the city on February 1. The collector said that the road safety committee members inspected the highway near Kanakadurga temple ghat road.
E-tenders for roads
Minister C P Joshi recently said that three pilot projects would be bid for through e-tendering: the Vijayawada-Machlipattanam and Patna-Buxar stretches of NHs (on BOT).
Analysis: Dealing with inadequacies, salvaging lifelines
The next decade is set to witness tremendous growth in rail and bus based urban transport systems like MRTS, BRTS and variants.

