The Andhra Pradesh Government expects to develop the new capital city within five years spread over 30,000 acres, comprising of clusters.

At a meeting with the members of the Capital Advisory Committee at Secretariat today, the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that the process of procuring land would be through land pooling system (LPS). Only when land owners refuse to give their land for development would the government opt for land acquisition.

Under the LPS, 50 per cent of the land would be earmarked for common assets.

The Chief Minister wanted the committee to expedite the process of land pooling and said a special officer would be appointed to oversee the process.

The land pooling certificate, which would confer transferable rights on the reconstituted land will be given to the land owner after the notification of layout plan.

The Chief Minister said that district collectors with respective local legislators and ministers would take the responsibility of convincing land owners for land pooling system.

During the meeting, it was also decided that an additional incentive of Rs 25,000 per acre, escalating at the rate of 5 per cent each year, for a period of 10 years, or till the first transaction, would be given to each land owner.

The land owners would enjoy exemption from payment of stamp duty and registration fee.

Landless poor who lose their livelihoods will be provided training and other assistance for skill upgradation for employment opportunities, the Chief Minister said.

It was decided that proposals could be initiated for the beautification and development of Vijayawada and Guntur.

Further, the existing Vijayawada Guntur Urban Authority would be dissolved before the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) is notified.

The committee also decided that a Urban Development Authority for Visakhapatnam would be formed on the similar lines of the capital city. The Chief Minister would be the chairman of this UDA.

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