G.V.L. Narasimha Rao raises the issue in Rajya Sabha
Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that an Officer-on-Special Duty of South Coast Railway was posted at Visakhapatnam to undertake planning and preparatory work for the formation of the new South Coast Railway Zone.
“The Detailed Project Report (DPR) submitted by the OSD is under the examination of the Railway Board,” Mr. Goyal stated in his written reply to a question posed by MP G.V.L. Narasimha Rao on the status of the railway zone proposed to be set up with its headquarters at Visakhapatnam.
Injustice meted out to State in Union Budget, allege CPI leaders
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‘No funds allocated for the new railway zone and Polavaram project’
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CPI leaders getting their heads tonsured in protest against the injustice done to the State in the Union Budget, in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday,
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‘No funds allocated for the new railway zone and Polavaram project’
The CPI leaders got their heads tonsured near the Gandhi statue here on Tuesday in protest against the reported injustice done to the State in the Union Budget.
CPI City secretary M. Pydiraju, executive member K. Satyanarayana and party leader M. Srinivas got their heads tonsured. A.P. Mahila Samakhya State executive president A. Vimala and leader G. Jayamma got their hair cut in protest.
One Year Of Amaravati Protests: Why Andhra s Capital Gains Do Not Deserve To Be Trifurcated
by Vamsi Viraj - Jan 23, 2021 12:11 PM
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy
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But the current state government is adamant on dividing the capital among three cities.
On 17 December 2020, the struggle of Andhra farmers in the Amaravati region to retain it as the sole capital of the state completed a year.
Bucking the trend of massive protests
against land acquisition in modern India, Amaravati farmers have been protesting the governmentâs decision not to develop this region.
Pending central interference and verdicts of the higher judiciary on multiple petitions, there would be a trifurcation of the stateâs capital functions, gutting any development of Amaravati as