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Amid protests, bill introduced in AP assembly to aid plan for 3 capitals

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/21/2020 11:00:39 AM

Hyderabad, Jan 20 Amid protests, the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government on Monday introduced a Bill in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly to give shape to its plan of having three capitals for the state, with the executive capital in V i s a k h a p a t n a m , Legislative capital in Amaravati and judicial capital in Kurnool. The AP Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Bill, 2020, also provides for dividing the state into various zones and establishing zonal planning and development boards. The village and (municipal) ward secretariats system that the government brought in in October last year now gets statutory backing as it has been made part of the new Bill. The Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers met on Monday morning ahead of the special session of the state Assembly to be held on the same day where the fate and the future of the state capital was decided. All other political parties and citizens at large are staunchly opposed to the government's plan to relocate the state capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam, as already indicated by the Chief Minister on the floor of the Assembly.