Capital Tales

They gave up farmland for new Andhra capital. Now they are crippled with uncertainty

After the government announced three new capitals instead of one, protests have engulfed Amaravati.

Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Feb 06, 2020 · 06:30 am
In Amaravati, farmers protesting Andhra’s new three-capital plan complain of brutal police action

The farmers fear that the government will not build all the infrastructure it promised them, undermining the value of their plots.

Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Jan 28, 2020 · 09:27 am
Video: How New Delhi officially took over from Calcutta as India’s capital city

Following the Partition of Bengal in 1905, the climate for British rule in the eastern provinces became quite inhospitable.

Ramakrishnan M
· Feb 14, 2018 · 11:30 am

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Land pooling strategy for the new Andhra capital could become a model for India's Smart Cities

Andhra Pradesh's experiment with voluntary land pooling could provide an alternative to forcible land acquisition.

Mridula Chari
· Aug 12, 2015 · 09:00 am