Amaravati not the Capital on papers

It is more than an year we have the announcement of Amaravati being the next capital of Andhra Pradesh. But the government is yet to issue any GO or Gazette notification till date. The state government even named the Interim Secretariat at Velagapudi as ‘AP Government’s transitional headquarters’.

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The reason for this is the technical issues. According to Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, Hyderabad will also be the capital of AP until ten years after the state division. And according to the constitution, no state can have two capitals. So Amaravati is only the new capital under construction.

The government will issue Gazette notification only after it will have to wind up its administration from Hyderabad and move to Amaravati. Once the AP government issues GO declaring Amaravati as the state’s capital, then Hyderabad will cease to be the capital of AP. So the GO is kept on hold to avoid technical and legal problems.