Amaravati is the state capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, and the primary city of the state's Capital Region. Built on allotted space on the southern banks of Krishna River in Guntur district selected close to the geographical center of the state Amaravati is a recently constructed planned city.The city was constructed to serve as Andhra Pradesh's new capital after Telangana was split off as a separate state in 2014. The former Andhraite capital, Hyderabad, is now the capital of Telangana.
In response, Amaravati was founded by N. Chandrababu Naidu in the same year 2014 as the Greenfield administrative capital city of the Andhra Pradesh state, and its foundation stone was laid at Uddandarayunipalem by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 22 October 2015. The city is built on 217 square kilometres (84 sq mi) of riverfront designed to have 51% green space and 10% of water bodies.
As of October 2016, the majority of departments and officials of the Andhra Pradesh State Government are operating from the interim Andhra Pradesh Secretariat facilities located in the Velagapudi area of Amaravati, with only a skeleton staff remaining behind in Hyderabad. From April 2016, the office of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has operated from Velagapudi. The Andhra Pradesh Legislature remained in Hyderabad until March 2017, when it relocated to newly constructed interim legislative buildings in Velagapudi.
Language and religion
The residents of Amaravati are Telugu-speaking people and Telugu is the official language of the city. Hindus form a very large majority, but here are also Muslim, Christian, and Buddhist communities. Religious sites include the Amaralingeswara Swamy Temple, and the Amaravati stupa in the Amaravati heritage complex.
Education
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Colleges and universities
There are public funded universities within the city limits:
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Guntur Medical College
Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University
Krishna University
Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences
National Institute of Design
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Nuzvid
Private and autonomous colleges in the city include:
KL University
Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research
Andhra Loyola College
SRM University, Andhra Pradesh
Vellore Institute of Technology
Siddhartha Medical College
Gudlavalleru Engineering College
NRI Academy of Medical Sciences
Andhra Christian College
Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology
Katuri Medical College
Private institutes like Amrita University, Amity University and the Indo-UK Institute of Health (IUIH) in collaboration with the King's College London, are among others to set up campus in Amaravati. In 2018 the cities' first management institute, Xavier School of Management (XLRI), was under construction near Ainavolu.
Tourist Spots
Night view of Prakasam Barrage
Night view of Prakasam Barrage
Located on the banks of the Krishna River and between natural getaways and places of heritage, the city has several tourist attractions:
Dhyana Buddha statue
Amaravati Stupa
Archaeological Museum, Amaravati
Amaralingeswara Temple
Undavalli Caves
Bhavani Island
Kondapalli Fort
Kanaka Durga Temple
Prakasam Barrage
Kondaveedu Fort
Transport
APSRTC Amaravati bus
APSRTC Amaravati Bus
The buses operated by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) from Pandit Nehru Bus Station and NTR bus station, Tenali bus station connects the city with Vijayawada and Tenali, Guntur respectively.
The government however is to explore other means of mass transport like ‘mono rail’, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and tramways. Two new depots, North and South of the APSRTC are proposed to be constructed. Auto rickshaws also operate for shorter distances in the capital city area.
Roadways
The Amaravati–Anantapur Expressway, supported by Kurnool and Kadapa Feeder Roads is an ongoing greenfield expressway project, which would provide faster road access from the districts of Anantapur, Guntur, Kadapa, Kurnool and Prakasam to Amaravati, Rajamahendravaram, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam. The Amaravati seed capital road is an arterial road under construction to access the core capital area from National Highway 16. The Vijayawada-Amaravati road connects the city with Vijayawada.
Railways
A proposed Amaravati highspeed circular railway line would connect the city with the nearby cities of Vijayawada, Guntur and Tenali, extending up to a length of 105 km (65 mi) with an estimated cost of ₹10,000 crore (US$1.4 billion).And a metro rail project is proposed between the cities of Tenali, Guntur, Vijayawada of 100km circular corridor.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaravati
