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 - [ Ссылка ]
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 - [ Ссылка ]
Background of the Amaravati Plan - [ Ссылка ]
Article on the Amaravati City - [ Ссылка ]
A video visualising how grand this city was going to be - [ Ссылка ]
Amaravati’s current situation - [ Ссылка ]
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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 Pradesh.
