Singapore and Andhra Pradesh governments on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding wherein the former would develop a master plan for the new capital city to come up in Guntur-Vijayawada region.
After the memorandum was inked here at the State Secretariat, AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and S Iswaran, Minister in the Singapore PM’s Office and Minister for Home affairs, Trade and Industry, Singapore government, said both the governments were committed to the development of the capital region and the master plan is likely to be ready within six months.
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Naidu said he was keen to develop a capital city which would be better than the best city anywhere in the world. “Our idea is to develop a capital which is environmentally sustainable. The experience and expertise of Singapore will be helpful for Andhra Pradesh,” he said.
Naidu said he was keen to develop a capital city which would be better than the best city anywhere in the world. “Our idea is to develop a capital which is environmentally sustainable. The experience and expertise of Singapore will be helpful for Andhra Pradesh,” he said.
Iswaran said, “India and Singapore have strong bilateral ties at leadership and government level, and this is expected to get better as we engage in more areas – both business to business and people to people ties.”
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