VIJAYAWADA: A team of Japanese officials today met Andhra Pradesh chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and evinced interest in financially aiding the development of the proposed state capital of Amaravathi.
The Japanese officials told the Chief Minister that they would come up with specific proposals to fund the development of AP’s capital city through the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC), it was officially announced here today.
The delegation also said they would come up with proposals to finance metro railway projects at Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada through the Japan International Co-operation Agency ( JICA), the office of the communications adviser to the state government said in a release.Director of the South West Asia Office of Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Ken Sasaji, Japanese Embassy’s First Secretary Yasujiro Miyake as well as New Energy and International Technology Devel ..
Naidu is spending at least five days a week in Vijayawada, directing officers to put together temporary infrastructure to receive offices and officials from Hyderabad. The acrimonious relationship with his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhara Rao, the cash-for-vote scandal and allegations against Naidu by Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau, and general animosity against Andhra origin employees by Telangana employees has apparently prompted Naidu to expedite the shifting of Andhra office from Hyderabad to Vijayawada and nearby areas close to the upcoming capital of Amaravati. Several Telangana leaders have questioned Naidu why he was hanging around in Hyderabad when he does not belong to Telangana State.
