Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday stated that Amaravati can be developed to surpass Hyderabad.
He stated the coalition authorities in Andhra Pradesh was rebuilding Amaravati after 5 years of neglect. “Amaravati is poised to emerge as a capital metropolis that surpasses even Hyderabad,” he stated.
Naidu stated by integrating expertise, the federal government is enterprise the development of a “Sensible Metropolis” and a “Blue-Inexperienced” capital metropolis.
The Chief Minister was addressing the South Asian Studying Summit 2026-Reworking AI on the Indian Faculty of Enterprise (ISB) right here.
Chandrababu Naidu recalled the initiatives he had taken because the Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh between 1995 and 2004 for the event of Hyderabad because the IT hub.
“I visualised what the long run is. I believed the information financial system was the long run, and that was the choice in 1995. We had so many issues. I constructed brick by brick. I had a number of conferences, brainstorming periods with industrialists and academicians,” he stated, recalling his assembly with Invoice Gates, which helped entice Microsoft to Hyderabad.
“We constructed the ‘Cyber Towers’ as a symbolic landmark for the IT revolution. This choice was pushed solely by the target of benefiting the general public. Microsoft selected to ascertain its presence in Hyderabad, bypassing cities like Bengaluru and Chennai. For 3 many years now, we have now been witnessing the tangible outcomes of these initiatives. As a part of this broader imaginative and prescient, we additionally secured the institution of the Indian Faculty of Enterprise (ISB),” he stated
Naidu famous that ISB has earned a stellar status as an distinctive enterprise college. The ‘Genome Valley’ challenge additionally got here into existence by way of the same course of.
“It’s exactly due to the choices taken again then that each Telugu states presently maintain the primary place within the pharmaceutical sector. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Hyderabad’s Genome Valley equipped vaccines to the complete world,” he stated.
“The ecosystem of Hyderabad emerged on account of the reforms launched previously throughout sectors resembling IT, prescribed drugs, and infrastructure. Hyderabad advanced into probably the most livable cities on this planet. This didn’t occur in a single day; quite, a mixture of things—starting from early-morning inspections to numerous coverage choices—paved the best way for this transformation,” he added.
Naidu acknowledged that though Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated into two separate states attributable to political causes, the choices taken previously have efficiently boosted the per capita revenue of the Telugu folks.
“By the point we returned to energy in Andhra Pradesh in 2024, the complete state had been left in ruins. The state’s model picture was tarnished, and its institutional frameworks had been utterly dismantled,” he stated and claimed that the coalition authorities took a number of steps to place the state again on the trail of progress.
The Chief Minister claimed that Andhra Pradesh now stands on the forefront in attracting investments.
Realising that future applied sciences will revolve round fields resembling Quantum Computing, Synthetic Intelligence, and Drones, the state authorities launched into establishing devoted hubs for Area, Electronics, and Drone applied sciences, he stated.
The federal government additionally began specializing in Inexperienced Hydrogen and Inexperienced Ammonia, that are set to dominate the vitality panorama. With sustainable energy era, there can be no want to extend electrical energy tariffs sooner or later, he stated.
He acknowledged that Andhra Pradesh is poised to steer the complete South Indian area within the manufacturing of inexperienced vitality.
