TRS leader and state Irrigation Minister Harish Rao has once again breathed fire against Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu. Reacting on AP government’s GO No. 72 which appoints AP CM Naidu as Chairman for National Academy of Construction, Harish Rao lashed out at Naidu. “Chandrababu’s double-talk is exposed once again.

His words and acts vary from each other. While continuously stating that he’s calling for truce on one side, on flip side his acts are provoking us.” “How could AP government issue GO appointing Naidu as Chairman for NAC in Hyderabad? AP could only convey its meetings in NAC, and could only use the NAC infrastructure. 

AP has no right to commend institutions set in Telangana,” pointed out Harish Rao. Naidu and his team who are busy in Japan will soon going to react on Harish’s remarks. Sources in AP government said that they’re acting “as per rules”.

With the location of the new capital of Andhra Pradesh finally a settled issue, the first government of the truncated state has now set its focus on the infrastructure of the new capital. AP government is now coming up with a grand plan for its buildings, offices and the buzz is that the plan is such that the new Singaporean-capital would beat World’s famous Capitol Hill of Washington. 

Efforts are under way to set up the proposed Camp Office-cum-Residence of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister along the banks of river Krishna towards Vijayawada, while the Secretariat, Assembly, Raj Bhavan and High Court to come up on the opposite side in Guntur district. With six-lane roads and garden spread across 20-km stretch, new capital AP is expected to be the greenest city. CM Naidu is adamant that the capital city should be ultramodern boasting skyscrapers, several huge parks and fountains. 

We hear that the blueprint has 44-storey Secretariat complex which is included on Naidu’s insistence. It is learnt that the blueprint of AP Capital is ready but it’ll be finalized only after a team of experts from Singapore visits the city in the first week of December as they need to confirm whether it’s practically possible or not. Already a team of Singapore-engineers, who had paid a visit to capital city and examined the soil, are said to are said to be not in favour of skyscrapers in the AP capital region as the sub-surface soil is sandy and “unfit” for skyscrapers. 

But Naidu had reportedly retaliated and told them that when there is technology to “create islands and tall structures in the middle of the sea”, the sandy soil should not pose a problem for constructing skyscrapers. With this, the skyscrapers in AP capital turned out to be challenging for Singapore-experts. If all goes well, Chandrababu Naidu wants to lay the foundation for the new capital on March 21, on the eve of Ugadi. The idea is to mark that day as the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Telugu people.

India’s first Ebola death was reported. An Indian national has succumbed to the deadly Ebola virus, confirmed the Health Ministry. Mohammed Amir, who was employed in a pharmacy in Liberia, died of Ebola virus infection on September 7. However, the issue came into light lately. Union Health Ministry has informed the bereaved members of his family about the incident. 

Meanwhile, earlier this month, an Ebola-treated patient of India returned from Liberia. Although he got cured, his body fluids contained traces of the virus. He is quarantined and being specially treated under constant observation until the virus is completely out of his body and constant tests will be done during his observation.