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HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Monday that the land for the new capital in the Vijayawada-Guntur area would be acquired from private parties in the ratio of compensation for 60 per cent of the land and suitable land at an alternative place in lieu of the remaining 40 per cent. Speaking to the media for the first time after he was sworn in as chief minister, Naidu said such an arrangement would be a win-win situation for both the government and the land owners as the latter can get a high price for the land given to them in view of the increase in prices near the emerging capital. However, if the land acquisition becomes difficult even after such persuasion, the government may explore other areas to set up the capital, he said. Naidu also said the capital should be huge like Hyderabad, where administrative offices along with Assembly and secretariat can exist. He added that he has plans to develop many mega cities in AP as part of the decentralized...

GUNTUR: AP chief minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu's reported remarks about acquiring land for construction of capital between Vijayawada and Guntur has sent shock waves among farmers and land owners in the region. Although, details of the location of capital city are not yet known, leaders who have met Naidu, however, believe that he is firm on building a capital between Vijayawada and Guntur. Sources said Naidu is sharing his ideas with leaders in bits and pieces in a deliberate move to test their reaction. Sources said Naidu told a CPI delegation, which met him on Monday to discuss crop loan waiver scheme, that shortage of government land between Guntur and Vijayawada may force him to go in for acquisition of land from private individuals. He, however, reportedly assured the delegation that the government would make farmers partners in development projects instead of paying a paltry sum as compensation. "It could be a public-private partnership (PPP) model where the l...