HC bEnch At Kurnool As Promised: AP CM

Amaravati: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on Thursday announced on the floor of the Assembly that a High Court bench will soon be established at Kurnool as promised before the elections.

He told the House that the Cabinet has already approved the proposal and the resolution passed by the Assembly on Thursday will be forwarded to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and the Centre. Addressing the House after the resolution was adopted, he declared that the offices of the Lokayukta and the Human Rights Commission will not be shifted from Kurnool.

Making it clear that the State Government is committed to the comprehensive development of the State, Naidu said Visakhapatnam in North Andhra, Kurnool and Tirupati in Rayalaseema region will be developed on a grand scale. Regretting that the State did not witness any kind of development in the past five years due to the faulty policies adopted by the previous government in the name of three capitals, the Chief Minister reminded that even when the TDP was in the Opposition the party convinced the people of Vizag and Kurnool that Amaravati is the capital of the State.

Making it clear that it is only the TDP-led NDA that can complete these projects, Naidu felt that if the rivers are interlinked and the Polavaram is completed to shift the Godavari water to Basakacherla it is going to be a gamechanger. The Gollapalli reservoir was completed within a year only to get the Kia company, he said and stated that the facade of Anantapur got totally changed with the advent of Kia. He felt that the State will witness wonders if horticulture is properly developed. Bengaluru airport is close to Anantapur, Hyderabad airport is very close to Kurnool while Chenni airport is very close to Chittoor and the opportunities can be properly utilised for the development of the respective areas.