Naidu wants collective effort for faster development of AP

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called for collective effort from all stakeholders in ensuring accelerated development of the State.

Mr. Naidu said the new State was faced with several problems in infrastructure and other fronts post bifurcation. But these problems could be overcome if the people cooperate with the Government and join hands in “building the new State from scratch”. “There are several problems. There are no major educational institutions or big industry,” he said.

The Chief Minister was speaking at a meeting organised in connection with the launch of Doordarshan Saptagiri channel and re-dedicating the All India Radio station in the name of Pingali Venkayya (who gave the national flag its basic design). He wanted the people, especially farmers, to cooperate in building the new Capital for which the State Government would adopt land pooling system. “It will be a win-win situation for farmers and the people,” he said.

He defended the Government’s decision to locate the Capital of the new State in the Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali and Mangalagiri region claiming that the region had the potential to be developed as a mega city. The Government would accordingly intensify its efforts to attract major investments in the region as it would give boost to employment generation.

Mr. Naidu welcomed the schemes like Jan Dhan Yojana and Make In India launched by the Narendra Modi led Central Government claiming that they were aimed at fostering inclusive growth. “Our Government will launch made in AP brand along with Make In India to attract investments for setting up of major industries,” he said. The new State had no dearth of expertise or talent and it was matter of time before the development of the new State gathered momentum.

Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu who was also present wanted media to keep off from sensationalisation of news. “News channels cannot afford to lag behind in the current competitive environment. But the competition should be healthy,” he said.

He expressed concern that television channels were telecast negativism rather than positive developments which was not good trend in democracy. “Obscenity, violence and vulgarism has become the order of the day in the television channels. Television has become an integral part of life and the channel managements should keep in mind the impact these programmes would have on the mindset of the people,” he said.