New Delhi: Contrary to expectations, a committee of experts set up by the Ministry of Interior has not recommended the name of a particular place for the establishment of the capital of Andhra Pradesh residual, but suggested that the state government should operate simultaneously from three different locations.
The committee, headed by former Union Urban Development Secretary KM Sivaramakrishnan recommended that the capital and other institutions "distributed" in three different regions of the state - in Uttarandhra Vishakhapattanam, Arco comprising Kurnool Rayalaseema, Anantapur, Tirupathi, Kadapa and Chittoor; and "Kalahasti - Nadikudi backbone".
According to the report, which was submitted to the Home Office published two days ago and on Sunday night, said no single capital to Andhra Pradesh.
"The communication between the different offices of the government is no longer a matter of physical proximity. Recognize that our approach to distributed development is not convention and may be considered inconvenient and impractical for many officials.
But if a distribution and development functions in Andhra government desired, we believe this approach should be applied. The Committee does not consider a single large capital as a viable option available to Andhra Pradesh from now, "said the report.
The Committee said that the concentration in Hyderabad of the legislature, the courts and the executive comprising numerous ministries, departments and addresses commissionerates has happened for several years.
This concentration itself has been a bone of contention in the process of bifurcation.
The 188-page report said that in the current state of the nature of government functions are very varied and innovative once, there is no special merit in trying to track down all government offices in one place.
Compared to the situation that existed in the country shortly after independence, when entirely new cities like Chandigarh about 115 square kilometers Gandhi Nagar Bhubaneswar 177 square kilometers and 419 square kilometers (including the existing city) could be designed and constructed the Committee said that large-scale acquisition of land and development is much more difficult now.
"It seems very likely that in Andhra Pradesh vast areas of government land available in this scale. Moreover, the existing road and rail connectivity and proposed between different cities of Andhra Pradesh, which can be significantly improved and expanded, makes one look great location unnecessary city, "says the report.
Note that there has been much publicity in recent weeks that a capital city can reach between Guntur and Vijaywada was noted.
"This is mainly due to the common perception that this area is geographically center, between the coast and Uttarandhra Rayalaseema and is well connected.
"This geographical connectivity, centrality and proximity are attractive concepts, but does not have to be the one to guide development. In other states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal this geographic centrality does not exist," the report said.
