Looking At The Environmental,

Social And
Human Rights Violations Of
Amaravati Capital City Project,
India (2014-2019)
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Looking At The Environmental, Social And
Human Rights Violations Of
Amaravati Capital City Project, India
2014-2019

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 Background of the Amaravati Project
(2014-2017)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of the Amaravati Capital City Project. Photo courtesy: AP Capital Region Development
Authority

A
fter bifurcation of the erstwhile Indian crops irrigated on the floodplains. The area sited for
state of Andhra Pradesh in June 2014, both the city presently has a population of 1.03 lakh while
the new states of Telangana and Andhra that of the entire capital region would be 5.8 million.
Pradesh are sharing the Hyderabad as capital for 10
years. In September 2014, N Chandrababu Naidu, The following contraventions of this project are
the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh announced elicited, during 2014-2017, with regard to World
that a single capital would be built for the State. Bank’s Operational Policies, in a concentrated effort
to prevent forthcoming irreplaceable damages to
Amaravati, the proposed capital city covers an area peoples’ lives. World Bank’s Operational Policies
of 217. 23 sq. km with the seed capital in an area of framework have been employed here as AIIB has
16.94 sq. km, while the entire capital region pans agreed that the Environmental and Social Safeguard
over a spread of 8352.69 sq.km across both Krishna Policies and related procedures of the World Bank will
and Guntur districts of the State of Andhra Pradesh. apply to this project; and that AIIB will rely on the
The city specifically is planned to be built in Guntur World Bank’s determination as to whether compliance
district on the banks of the Krishna River, which is with those policies and procedures have been achieved
hailed as the rice-bowl of the State with 120 multi- under the project.
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 and petitions have been submitted to the National
Summary of Violations
Green Tribunal (NGT) stating that the EIA and EMP
1. Violation of Bank’s OP/BP 4.01 – reports were tailored to suit the needs of the GoAP.3
Environmental Assessment Since SESA-ESMF is the “overarching framework”
2. Violation of Bank’s OP/BP 4.04 – that regulates the environmental and social safeguards
Natural Habitats at both the project’s development and implementation
3. Violation of OP/BP 4.11 – stages, we are apprehensive that SESA-ESMF
Physical Cultural Resources document prepared for Amaravati misinforms the
4. Violation of OP/BP 4.12 - project affected communities, consultants, civic
Involuntary Resettlement bodies, NGOs, and allied concerned groups.
5. Violation of OP/BP 4.36 - Forests
1.3. The project is rendered Category A status and it
will usher in high risk adverse impacts on the natural
1. Violation of Bank’s OP/BP 4.01 – environment of the earmarked areas of Guntur-
Environmental Assessment Krishna districts, percolating to the surrounding
habitats as well. It is believed that the Bank has merely
1.1. After the introduction of the concept plan for assessed the extent of the nature of the risk and
a greenfield Capital City in June 2015, a detailed have not adequately provided “…for assessment of
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was feasible investment, technical, and siting alternatives,
executed by Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd (TCE) including the “no action” alternative, potential
from May-August 2015 and Environment Mitigation impacts, feasibility of mitigating these impacts, their
Plan (EMP) was prepared. Construction activities of capital and recurrent costs, their suitability under
the interim Government complex were progressing local conditions, and their institutional, training and
at Velagapudi and a temporary secretariat is already monitoring requirements associated with them”(OP/
established. The initial leveling and construction BP 4.01 A.4).
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activities for the capital city had begun prior to the

disclosure of EA report to the public. Without the 1.4. The Shivaramakrishnan Committee, appointed
project-affected communities comprehending the by the State in 2014 for a new capital, after various
enormity of the project and their consequences, consultations with numerous stakeholders
the EA report was processed and “considering that across the thirteen districts of AP, came out with
Article 19 of the Constitution entitles the citizen to recommendations for least dislocation of the existing
know and since that right stands infringed in this agricultural lands along Krishna-Guntur belt and
case, the whole process of EIA and issuance of the also cautioned about diverting fertile farmlands with
EC stand vitiated.”1 Discrepancies in publishing the 120 multi-crops for developmental purposes (Report
Environment Clearance (EC) report to the public and of the Expert Committee 2014). To the dismay
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uploading it at APCRDA (Andhra Pradesh Capital of the agrarian communities, GoAP unnervingly
Region Development Authority) website at the event rejected the propositions and sited one of the richest
of NGT petitions is misleading and accordingly, food-belts of India for erecting the new capital city,
presenting false information for obtaining EC triggers forfeiting national food security for infrastructure
action by way of revocation of the EC for the project. development. We also fear that once developmental
activities progress, the project executing agency will
1.2. It is claimed that both EIA and EMP underwent not repeal the same. Subsequently, petition has been
significant scrutiny by the State Environment Impact filed to the NGT for the protection of these fertile
Assessment Authority and Amaravati Capital City lands with a call for considering it immediately before
project was accorded environmental clearance during 3 The Hindu: (2017) NGT hearings on Amara-
October 2015. Yet there are reports of forgery, vati over. Accessed from: http://www.thehindu.com/
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1 Noted Indian environmentalist and NGT peti-
tioner EAS Sharma, in a letter addressed to B. S. S. Prasad,
Member Secretary (APPCB),& Ex-officio Member Secre-
tary (SEIAA), Hyderabad
2 World Bank (2017): Strategic Environmental
and Social Assessment - Environmental and Social
Management Framework (SESA-ESMF), February
todays‐paper/tp‐national/tp‐andhrapradesh/ngt-hear-
ings-on-amaravati-over/article18171374.ece
4 World Bank (2005): Operational Policies ,The
World Bank Operations Manual, March
5 Report of the Expert Committee (2014): Report
of the Expert Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Union of India to Study the Alternatives for a New Capital
for the State of Andhra Pradesh.
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282 P1
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P1 S2 38 P1 P1 28 13 P1 185 P1 186
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24 S2 S2 49 90 87 S3
75 73 64 53 45 33 11
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2 14 15 16 207 210
217 222 258 98 84 30 58 R3 15R3 92 91 85 S2 R4 P1
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93 22
107 3 8 9
208
209 S2
211
216
S1 99 23
16 P1
S3 P1P3 11 83
12
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76 S3 54 9
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S1 P1 P1 S1 Kondamarajupalem
231 256 83 82 55 37
41 S2 48 P2 C4 P1 96 S2 105 4 13 17 212 236 54 19 17 11 77 35 36 8 P1
P1 S310 P1 82 79 65 P1
24 14 156

P2-Active zone
42
46 52 C4 25 214 R3 219
255
C2 254 60 10 R3S212
95 78 66
63 56 42 155 157 163
P2
49 P2 P1 26 221 C2 S2 32 3631 R1 1 20 14 13
S3 67 P1 P1R4 32
S1 100 Tallayapalem
59
43
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R3 6263 53 7 P1
47 51
471
462
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R3 461 R3 P1 P1 R138
50 469 460 44 60 154 6
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28 31 37 38 47 59 235
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500 R3 458 22
41 424348 58
232 251 80 P3 64
49
44 R1 P1 7 R3 69
R4 39 161 P1162 R4 4
P1 80 S3
60 61 152 166
S2 C1
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29 30 32 33
484 478 463
U1 21 237
P1 25
P1 28 35 P1 6 99
144 150
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250
479 468 77 50 54 56 62
P3 26 38 P1 40 52 3 18 17 6 79 I1 S2165 3
499 498
480
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467 464 456 R1 R1 5152 69 63 248 247 246
102 103 79
27
41 51 S2 45 42
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R3 C3 78 S3 70
71
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205
497 485
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483 42 149 167
101S2 98 P1
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25 m 449
466
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66 48 46 43 41
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495 R3 S2 S2
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S2 496 481
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67 S2 4025 24 R3 4 86
S3 170
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S2 107 105 51 37 3 102
95 75
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450
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114 242
50 85
90 36
32 Velagapudi
91
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213
208
493 486 446
434
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74
76
49 78
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R3 R1 27 28 1
96 P1 93 90
S2 135
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210 81
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492 P1 P1 444 445
438 437 P1
432 P1 424 P1 154 152 151 P1 110 P1 56 57 P1 48
46 76 79 92 72
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S3 203

Institutional Facilities
30
439 431 428 S2
110 112
121 120 9394 34 33 2
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85
P2
487 474 423 150 2 109 73 P1 80 82 175 88 138 P2 82
223
222 2
488
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425
S2 155
133 3
16 1
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176 S3
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173
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441
429
R3 422
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122 72 60
69 71 75 81 96
180 179 3
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84 1
473 440
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421
156 R1 S2 R3 172 177 R3 74 P1 217 219
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233 234 3 4 74 137
7 91
418
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112 132 177 175
193 195 S3 221 218 88 87
83 79 76
P2
224 235
63 62 61 S2 87 413
415 416 419 S2 159
134 135 124 127
15
17
68 67 66
61 98 170 181 6 9 Malkapuram
341 108 113 131
R3 178 197
P1 224 78 75
5 18
4 130
P1 P1 167 60
110
C6 89 91
U1 77 74 73
S1-Government zone
225
232
241 240239 8 2122
88 97 96 P1 C3
92 409 C3 C3 163 162 161 C3 C2 C3 C3 105 C3 100 72 97 m P1
169 7
343
111
130 S2 S3 223 222 P1
59 64 411 136 65 104 10 12 14 345 117 179 182 R3 196 225 92 95
12 25 m 11 420 160 13 339114
65 93 417 164 170
129 125
S2
23
30 S2 99 168 182 192 R3 11 15 347 R1 344 128
P1
191 90 71
70 P3
238 84
99 98 S2 C3 410
P1 C2 R3 P1 C3 C2 P1 6 19
S2 21 U1 C1 P1 P1 C1 R2
64
S2 P1 C3 166 P1 191
P1 338 118 127 125 183 192
P1 233 220 P1 96
242 9 24 58
C5 67 66 C2 408
R3 168 R3 137 165 13 348 346 181 C3 234
Mandadam126P3 P1 184 185
10 93 100
226 23 57 94 403 12 R3 14 R3 R3107 103 101 351 190 232 P1 94 U1
97
S2 166 S3 P1
405 143 128 193 98
R1 13 S3 407 165 138 P1 7 10 24 22
S3 S2 164
235 236 S3 P1 108
P1 P1 101 C3
231
243 20 25 69 R3 S2149139 142 144 P1
20
P3 31 S363 106 S2 155 183 189
226 R3
99 101
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28 27 C5
67
R3 S2140 R3 S2 231 S2

S2-Education zone
169 R1 R3 8 R3 11 25 C2 350 349

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190 279 186 187
227
244 237 14 R1 18 C2 29 S3
83
S2397 404 S2
180 167 171 94 S2
40 102 156 194
119 121 277 188 237 111 110 107 U2 68
230
26 56
54 77
100 C3 179 C2 29 32 C2 108 109
R3 163 178 189 R1 R1 337
122 230 238 106 102 65
C2 68 C5 82 C5 406 181 R3
176 C4174
P1R3 R3 C2 S2 141
92
C2 26 C4 P1 P1 C4 41
C2 S2 110 R3 154 202 336 278 227 228 229 109 105 104 56
S2 185 C2
19 400 148 9
228
P3 245 236 15 30 55 103 S2 401 S2 C3 334 276275274 241 154
R3114119 103P2 55 57
229 R1 17 31 70 C2 398 175 95 C4 S2 157 S2
16
17 18 352
R1 120 280
273
265264 243 242 R3 S3 112
252 248 221 16 32 R1 R1 P1 102 396 402 183 177
145 P3 39
111 195 201 P1
S2 R1 335353 328
327
266 S2 153
113 64 63 62
246
249 53
P1 P1 81 P1 105 P1104 P1 P1 P1 182 P1 178 173 172 213 P1214212 146
147
P1 P1 P1 27
P1 P1 P1 P1 42 P1 P1 112 P1 153 P1 162 184
P1 186 188
281
282 P3 P1 263 262 261 240 239 155 150 R3 R3 120121 54
247 P3 34 R3
44 399 33 203
19 C3 326

S3-Special zone
58
43 52 C5 395 184 196 22 354 333 325
283 284 R3
272
P1 U1 115 R3P1126 61
P3
S3 145 147 116 R3124 125123 53 52 51 50 49 59 60 P1
264 152 187 200
253 265 266 251 250
P1 37 36 35 C5 C2 71 C2 72 C2 U1 109378 394
393
S2
187
C4 185 C4 P1 P1220 S2 C3 215 97 96 93
R3 C2 80 C2 74 C4 28 P1 P1 C4 C4 45 C2
113
R3 151 158 R3 159
161
210 C2 209
21 329 P1 267 R3 P1 258 260 245157 20
267
281 41 42 51 50 392 194 219 216 R3 91 34
P3 35 37
114 150 197 198
C3 199
71
355
324 271 259 244 158 143 R3 144 117
P3 Tarapet
S2 R3 C3 246 161160 156 140 138 129 Venkatapalem P1 21
377 268
38 R1 40 S2 R3
282 186 188 189 38 46 149 332 323 322 159 142
Ananthavaram 73 80 106 S2 R3 P1 P1 S2
263 379 390 391 90 160 20 16
268
269
280 292
300
108
192 221 81
75
73 56 36 44 47 139 S2 148 S2 211
208 206 204 23 331 270 S2 256 257 R1
24 P2

Infrastructure Reserve
195 15
Ananthavaram Temple 45 48 49 75 380
R3 3 89 193 217 89 79 43
R3 50 115 122138 147 212
C2 162
R3137 132 130 39 4041 4243 44 P1 48 23 47 22
19 14 13
25 P1
262 279 79 99
C2
74
76 78 C2
P1 C2 376 S2 R3 P1 P2 218 98 S2 R2 C1 P1 P1 P2 S2 49 239
3 30
321 269 248 P1 169 163
254
261 283 294 293
302 39 148 46 147 142 107 C3 196 P1 C3 222 P1 C3 P1 88 55 P1 C3 140 240 P1 213 214
207 205
C2 29 356
308
P3 164 165 135 134 37 38 45 P1 C4 12
278 205 191 190 100 P3 28 P1 319 320 307 170 133 17 11
10
149 387 223 101 87 82 83 78 72 48 137 145 70
R3 P1 171 168166 34 31
P1 28 24 18 P1
R3R3
104 116 357 253
C3 115 S2 S2 111
270 301 110 375 381 197 76 54 53 215 26 36 9
259 298 299
R3 209 146 145 143 C3 C3 C3 C2 204 206S2 C2 C3 C3 C2 C3 C3 C2 C3 C3 C3 C3 P1306 255 18 P1
R1 Nelapadu
316
P1318 252 172 U1 33 30 27 8 76 4
260 274 276 277 284
303 220 150 114 113 112
228 102107
57
P3 58 59
52 241
236 216
217
218 358 C3 249
167
C3 202203 206 R3 35 32 29 C4 26 25 20 19 P1 1716
5 289
247 P1175
295 103 305 1
255 297 304 306 R1215 214 210
144 156 374 382
385 386 198 199 201 200
S2
211
229 227 224 108 109
S2
105
137 14285 77
71 69 117 136 238 235
220
30
P1 27
69 360 317 309 285
S2254 C3 173 199 204 205 15 14 12 10 287
285

U1-Reserve zone
213 P1 R3 S2 P1 R3 S2 S2 R3 P1 P1
106
R3 R2 S2 C1 P1 P1 C1 S2 R2 144 P1 R3 315 312 294 P1211 212 40 C2
R3 S2 R3 S2 S2 207
275 305 141 383 S2 141
274 S2 R3 202 203 R3 S2 S2 33 S2
225 118 S2 13 286
152 S2 R3 R3 207
242 S2 R3
50 m

34 S2 S2
151
257 273
P3 219
R3 212 211 208 R3 R3 208 226
R3 136
138 139 359
R3 310 304 295
R3251
11 9 283 280
256 258
271 285 296 307 313 314
R3
157
P2 119 111 144 S2 60 61
119 146 R3 314 313
176 198 201 209
C4 C4 284 P1
R1 153154 155 116 120 373 277 230 232 110 135 70 66
142 R3 143
234 221
R3 174 P3 P1 197 281 278
R3 R3 P1 R3
115 120 293 39
272 291 U1 315 P1
C3 S2 158
160 117
121
372 384 276
275
273
209
134 145 62 51
135 243 244
35 36 68 363
361 311 296 P1 250 S2
194 R3 200 224 223 208 41 21 8
5 282
276
287
288
308
218 217 216 S2 206
203 159 388 278 210 231 113 112 132 68 121 134 133 251
223 222 31 32 362 303 P1 177 181 210 S2 R3 35 7 279 274
253
252
50 m 289 290 207 161 162 163 139 118 271 272 233
114 133
146 123 132 250 248 37 371 299 P1 P1 287
193 R3 215
213
C2 36
29
6 4
R1
250 251
279 116 130 298 179 192 28 3 2 R1

U2- Road reserve zone

316
168
140
131
122
371 280 269 238 234
131 147
148 67 65
63 137
124 131130 129 247 245 237 233 224 225 R3
219
51
364 368 370
178
195 226
225 222
214
42
27 R1 277 R1 R1 R1
205 138
130 294 281 268 237 235 117 149
C3 125 R3128252 249 246 S2 S2 P1 38
367 302 297 292 C2 190 P1 196
220 P1
216
S2 270 269 273
P1
R1P1
317 167 133 124 293 270 120 122128 46 369 259 180
309 312 204 164 138 239 236
R3 64 139 126 255
C2 30
S2 R3 R3 39 365 372
R3 132 123 R3 267 256257 S2 227 50 191
P3 P1227 217 38 113 268 272
P2254 249248
247
P1 P3 P1
197
S2 198 S2
R3 169 S2 R3 R3 S2 370 S2 R3 292290S2 R3 R3 S2 R3 P1 P1 129
S2 150
P1 P1 140
R3 45 S2 R3 S2 373 301C2 300 C2 P1
189 219
R3 S2 1 43
S2 S2 P1 S2 P1 242 S2 R3 S2 R3 208 127 S2 253
245 146 258 228 37 34 26 25 112 243 223 222
118 151
199 200 137 282 283 S2 125 258 232 226
C3 S2 374 C3 395 C2 286 188
187 231 R3 221 218 262 267 221
318 195
194 196
201 202 166 165
134 129 369 295 291 284
240
243 119 124 127
153
152 P3148 147 145 141
207
206
209 254 260 261
R3 R3 P1
40 366
291 261 260
182
183 230 2 13 14 45 R333 111 114 263
266
242
S2
311 173
170 C3 P1135 S2 127
125
C3 C3
297
298 289 288 C3 C2 287 S2 241 244 C3 C3 1 121 C3 C3 S3 151 150 157 205 C3
213
C3 212
259
C3 C3 S3 S2 49 47 44 C3 C3 41 67 375 376 C3
S3 396 398397
289
288 232
3 44 32 261
265
241 224
35
33 R1
310 322 191 193 182 174 172 128 143 191 231 377 290 S3 256 184 186 229 6
R3 7 C3 S2 46
31 22 110 C2 259 264239 220
R3 319 183
360 126 296 266 265 2
4 S2 149 190 192
263 228
229 52 393 401 262 185
233 4 47
115 118
260 238 30 R125
321 C3 S2 U2 175 176
359
C2 C3 R3 366 C2 P1
306 302
P1 C3
286 264
C2 P1
123
C2 P1 155 154 159
S2 144 204
P1 C2
211
C2 P1262 C4 48 P1 C2
380
378 P1 394 263 257 238 236 5 12 R3 48 49 S2
24 109 116 257 237 230
228 216 36
190 192
R3 P1 R3 R3 300
R3 S2 P1 R3 R3 9 3
S2
158
S2 193
C4 P1
24 5 P1 23
219 218
P1 34
32
P1 R1 29 26
399 C2 P1 C2
273 381
P1 S2 P3
50 m

320 171 358 299 165 142 194 203 230 11 15 107 258
S2 184 180 367
303 285 52 152 156 P3 163 210 274 43 4266 379 392 255
C2 244 237 2 1/B
S2 50 51 117
C2 256 255 235 236 R1
227
P3
53 C4
307 305 5 53 126 264 264 234 66 108
1 4 189 R3 S2357 S2 S3 S2 308
262 S3 S2 155 164 166167
202 58 390 8 31
R1 P1 24 23 R1 20 18 P3 P1
R3 P1 Note:
402404 65 225
3 S2 R3 263
S2 R36 P1 P1 S2 400 22 P2
157 C4 C2 R3 R3 R3 C2 S2
181 231
5 365 S2 R3 8
C2 156 158 P1 P1 S2 C2 57 C2 S2 391
S2 389C2 243 235 21/A 20/A P1 S2 53
R3 52 C3 54 106 C2 105 104
119
301 S2
217
NH
179 361 364 304 201 403 9 39
188 178 177 356 362 261 247 168 189
54 R3
10 272
185 S2 C4 C2 P1
6 385
2 P1 187
186 320 51 159 276 54 62 383 246
P1 C5 19 R3 67 120 121 234
229 226
37 60 m P2 17 376 377
P3 P1 S2 S2 C2 C2 C4 C4 P1 C4 C4 321 309 310
S2 312 C2 C4 P1 C4 C4 58 153 195
R3 265 C4 55 P1 56 65 382
384 409 C4 P1 U1 18/A 10 64 150 233 232 38 1
270 S2 S2 S2 388
-6
311 61 19
46 355 11
7 57
63 154
162
171 188 C3 196
200 59 408 C4 254 23 24 20/B 63 S3 R1 103 102 101 122 149151 152 215 53 51
P1 40 R1 P2 27 22 21 P3 2
9 27 45 47 48 319 62 271 386 407 P1 18/B 55
51 242
P2
5(
52
30 322 P1
1) R1 includes all the notified water bodies and they will continue to exist.
20 247
14 50 m 8 28 363 56 170 169 187 277
P3 17 123 214 Undavalli Caves
P3 31 32 44 P3
352 214
P1 29 P1 49 325
318 313 314
12 160
P1 198 199 P1 P1 278 444 60 63
P164 418 P1412 387 P1 P1 406 405 265 265/1 P1 P1 240 P1
26 P1 69 62 60
96 P2 P1 P1213 50 48
41 28 3 P1
9)
317 248 50 55 64 437 25 153 16
P1 P1
50 52 354
P2 C4 C4 S2 S2 260
P1 P1
21
S2 C3 59 65 161 174 186 185 197 443 61 417 16 77 6861 59 56 100 P3 211/1
57
R3 R1 R1 47 P3 147/1
54
53 P2 249 C4 S2 19 60 68
79 172 266 275 445
416 R3
410
C4 P1 253 248 241 239 78
27 33 70
75
57 C2
154 155 212
R3 49 46 P1
43 14
12
11
13 10
7 59 P3 P1323 324 328 P2 P1 316 3 15 49
P1 R3 R3 S2 67 66 173 181 442 438 411
249 71 P1
76
R3 97 156 60 55 54 42 15
R1 C2 R14
5 199
34 33 C2
25 1 182 419 58
P1 98 99 P1 148
28
Karlapudi 15 61
P1 353
P2 R3 326 S2 P3 251 250 S2 14 267 280 284 58 64 170
2) The Cadastral boundaries and numbers shall be read with revenue records.
48 45 44
57 R1 R3 329 P1 18 78 184 183
P1 R3 S2 439
415 265/3 265/2
C2 25085 P1 U1 79C5
34 78
S3
157 62
R1
24
62
C3 63 S2 60 R3
58 351 330 P3 P1 22 P1 13 R3 R3 S2 3 2 175
180 S2
268 279 R3 S2 S2 414 C2 265/4 P2 U1 31
92 95 124
66
67 70 6 200
Sitanagaram
S2 R3 91 90
45 C3 R3 C2
55 89 70 269
P3 350
246
P1 P3 17 15 69 77 P180 9 176
96
446 431 S2 251 84
32 72 P3 147 7877 109
24 P1
35 47 436 421 413 35 74 158 75
56 92 P1 327
332 P1
259
R3
252
P1 P1 42
4 10 177
179 97
441 C4 P1 79
P1 79 76 68
69 R1
110 R1R1 13 10
12 37 P1 C3 P1 P1 335 R3 R3 26 27 16 P1 36
P1 71 75 6 281
440 C3
420 C3 P1 422 425265/5 C2 252 83/B 77 72 29 37
P1 137 159
P1 86
81 80 89
74 200/1
P1 P3
50 m

16 11 101 432 81 9
P3 P1
13 178 94 83/A 36 43 R3 93 P1 125 123
C2 160 R1
76 8 111
P3 333 334 91 R1 R1
3) Draft Detailed Master Plan of Capital city-Amaravati prepared by M/s Surbana Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd, Singapore
36 75 349 258 25 m 46 44 265/12 88 30 146 84 71
I3 88 93 331 29 35 P1 5 95 100 S3 282 435 87 86 76 70 69 71 P3 P1 126 135 88
76 77 78
85 9495 S2 103 P1105 253 128 37 40 72 73 14 98 108 434 430 423 265/8 80 80
90
85R1 92 73 R1 108 S2 124 8 163
P1 P1 60
25 7 102
30 C2 31 P3
28 73
C3 C3 82 P1 11 12 15 C2 C3 C2 C2 C3 89 73 38
S3 133 138 145 P1 87 72 117 7
Sakhamuru
93 109
23 79 348
346 P1
129 124 127 P1 39 R1 74 P3 107 283 447 S2 91 94 161 91 125
I1 64 R1 86 Nekkallu 104 C3 265/10 90 40 128 112 118 R3 121 m 171
93 R1
32 33 P134 16 92 106 110 92 75 82 107 147/2
38 74 80 341 336
P1 C2 41 83 84 99 112 448
450\1
433 429
428 427 424 C2 265/9 C3 81 68 39
83
87
89 229 P1 129 136 139
162 132 133 P1
345 P1 88 87 86 91 P3 85 P3 81 265/6 265/7 S2 190
P1 42 44 51 50 45 241
U1 116

50 m
17
18 19 S2 81 87 97 340R3
P1 R3 S2
126 38 26 25
24
22
P2 85 91 103 111 449 S2 S2
82
C2 C2 64
85 144 R1 94 120
126
99 C3
102 450 95
20 82 84 130 P1 467 S2 196 189 C5 P184 86 242 88 230
P1228130
132 140 163 134
25 m

144 257 254 2 27

R3 S2 337 S2 123 17 104 113 468
S2 191 41 135 180
S2 109 107 347 67
65R3
52
P253 49 P3 Undavalli
50 m

43 131 115 426

21 22
40 R3 73 83
S2
149 148 146
143 100 P1 S2 132 125
90
S2 92 P1 27 23
21
20
84 90
89 105 457 P1 R3 470 469 P1 265/11 C2 188 P1 U1 74 62 243 240
226225 131 141 P1 P1 106 119 131
R3 P3
50 m

266/2 66
39 343 S2 28 88 116 S2 465 195 146
Krishnayapalem 46 245 244 238 239
145 48
66 65 72 R3142 121 R3 101 344 342
S2 R3 109 P1 107 R3 89 93
P1
41 18 83
86
117 114 456 451 472 266/3
266/1 187 104 103 102 101 93 97 96 105
113 U1 127 130 136 137 202/A 181 12 6 127
173 171 41 71 110 338 256 R3 134
42 455 R3 471
R3 265/15265/14 R3
194
P1 100 232 233 142
P1 164168R1 129 1281 29
170
172 42 69 150
R1147 R1 122 120 119 R3 108 133
S2 122 97 R1 R3R1 118 119
454 99
R1 555456197 P3 231 234 224
99
100 104 115
128 R1 388 188 125
143 139 1
S3 S3 151 R3 139
140 106
339
P1 P1 255
108
P1
106
U1 95 94 33
32
31
29 40 55 19 R3
82
87 458
R3 460
475
474 473 479 266/6 266/4
266
265/13
193 186 185/B 185/A
183
C5 C5
96
94
116 61 58/A
246
247
143
169
171/1
101 103 114
U2
124 130 134 140 KEY MAP :
Ainavolu
192 219 216 165 m
175
176 169 67 70
159 152 138 111 136 121
110 112 113 43 53 54 81 S2 477 476 266/5 105 107 98 C3 113 57 198 237 P2 222 221 217215 167 170 98 102 138
159
50 174
202/B
132 133 142 138
50 m 168 68 137 123 112 119
105 50 m 96 56
R1 461 465\1 170
171
106 108/A 110 97 R1 60 58/B 236 171 158 212
131 141
177
153 113 135 111 129 128 478 266/7
S2 S2 R3 P1 59 235 223
218 212 213 141 143 144S2 R1 171 173 123 137
160 C3
80 121 480 481
174 166
118 98 99
30 44 57
79 465\3 C2 C2 C3 266/10 266/12
179 146 329328 327
248
R1 R1257 R1 220 R1 R1
175 140 122 119
135 46
179 S2 S2 141 124 116 120 114 39 52 R1 130
R3
459
465\5 R3
465\2 513
R3 C3 482 S2 266/8 S2 180 C2 C3
184 108/B
109 95 115 322 249 P1 250 253 174
142 160 172 203 121 136 48 47
167 165 158 154
S2 U1 R1 P1
169 147 138 111
S3 120 114 112 P3 R3 170 210 120 1 18
146 P2
100 323
573 145
C4 C4 P3
50 m

180 58 131 514 139 Srikakulam

136 118 266/9 C3 P1 P1 S2 251 P1 C3 255 R1 R1 R1210207

60
P1 P3 P1 51 S2
178 465\4 181
182 S3 S2 115
R3 P1 R3178 177 C2 P1 326 209 173 116
50 m

164 162 R3 125 P1 S2 104 103 101 34 59 126 127 122 P1 572 483 172 131/B 321 169 49 45
Vizianagaram
117 P1 P1
157 505 506 147 C4 115
491
U1 522S2 486 487 484 R3 485 490 267 268 R3 139
R3 341 119 325 161

m
201 44
183 163 C5
102
35 36 S2
64 60
R3 132 507 S2
266/11
S2 176 137 324
R3320 267 R3 252 264 R3 256 259 176 172 149 157 168 219 109 50 P3 P1
50 m

117
50 m

45 78 173 148
181 155
135 116 50 124 S2492 C3 488 269 S2 P1 182 149 148 131/A 121 342 P1340 118 332 330 319 S2 S2 258 260 200 206 150 162 175 222 114
P1
134
R3 203 Penumaka
60 m

161 132
117 128
115 S2 38 63 133
125 123
515 571 489 270 168
S2 166/A 174 U1 136 117
266 263
S3 1 67 227 108 110 52 West Godavari
184
131 127 49
62
61 498 499
574
575
272
271 175 150 S2 P3 P1 S2 331 318
268 265 262 261 151 229
228
221
111 42 Visakhapatnam
185
129
156
134 133 130
126
R3 37
77 137
508 S3
516
C4 C4
570
S2 576 273 274
S3 166/B 164 C4 145
140
130 122
S3 269
199 201 152
153
C4 156 163
201/1 107 112
46 48 65 66 135 139 493
C2 569 568 277 158/B S2
R3 151 135 132 338 R3 S2 R3 279 280 198 202 179 177 166 104
105
113 41
Krishna
P2 67 563
S2 278 R327 6 266/13 275 C2 165/C C4 P1
167
125 124 211/2 207 C2 53
76 S3 I1495 I1 S2 R3 S2 P1 C2 C2270 S2 277
140 567 126 106
47 P2 138 C4 P1 564 565 R3
128/A
123 C4 278 281197 211 154 155 164 97 40
C4 C4 635 S2 206 201 232
In

P1P1 68
148 136 494
500
517 523 555 S2 560 566 577 279 S2 S2 496
163161 S2 152 S2 142 141 128/B 333 283 193 180 178 202 189 176 165 230
96 54 51 39
P1 P3 317 271 276 95
ne

501 509 556 498 165/B 165/A 337 171/2 208 103 98 East Godavari
P2 141 496 559 282 281 158/A 128/C 129 334 290 289 195
181 R1 R3 190 C3 188
205 S2
75 524 554 557 280 312 160 311 272 201/2
69 P2 P1 553 552 P1 558 285 283284 P1 P1 284282 182
r

497 499 638

70 147 P1 502 P1 P1 P1 P1 162 P1 157 156 P1 134
128/E P1 273 P1 275 274 288 186 238
236 101 99 55 38
Rin

546 636 336 203 94

X
547 637 285 193_A 200 92 West Godavari
P1 143 P1142 497 503503511 510 518 545 R3551578 286 R3313 500 501 537 538
P1 159 P2 128/D 127
S2 335 316 C2 C4 312 P1 310 P1 191 187 177 102 56

60
71 72 155 634 291 P229228728 6 237 100 93
g

73 149 548 549 143 183 267 243 64 59 36

539 386 385 239
74
466\2 I1 C4 C4 P1 P2 544 C2 S2 550 289 288 S2 503 504 C2 542 C4 540
287 R3 S2 153 P3 613 C2 314 309 303 R3 302 Guntur

m
Ro

541 57
293 192 186 209 265 88
520 543 542
S2545 609 154 610
144 133 617 633 S2640 639 315 C4 313 184
204
192
185 180 240 246 89 63 3433 Guntur Krishna
512 519 525 527 528 531 307 S2 304 300 I2 179 268 266263 241 226 62
ad

152
150 146
145 144 521 541 314 506 505 543
P1 61 6 618
632 642
295
R3294 R3 S2 87 90 58 32
529 532 539 290 291 507 R3 641 658 308 296 210 P1 199 S2 194 223 91
151 466\3 466\1
S3 S2 C3 1526 S2530 533 534 535536 537 306 292
538
315
546
547 544606/1 615 620 P1 R3 S2 306
S2 264 256 247 86/1 83
317 508 509 548 550 552
607 6 11 612 R3 305
R1 299 297 191
195 193 178 P1 R1 262 245 249 6 6 61 27
26 28
31
161 257 278 303 608 P1 614 S2 619 631 630 C3 65 60 Prakasam
672 675 P1188
466 307 316 181 29
10 S2 465\7 R3 256/A 284
160 660 82
153 154 466\4
465 8 287 289 308 R3 510 511 512549S2 R3 P1 R3 S2 R3 U1 621 643 657
R3
670
R3 185 269
P1 261
251 248 25 24
156 157 158 466 R3 318
S2 622
629 671 198 197
184 270 86 81 67
30
Kurnool Prakasam
467 468 464 2 P1C3 11 253 C3 288291 292 309 319 320 513
515 C3 C2 556554 551555 553 606R3 C2603 602 P1583 582
565
C3 623 674 673
R3 252
84 68
159 162 466\5 469 7 C2290 304 625
644
656 661 669
187 R3 196 183 182 271 260 5 2
155
P3 463 12 255 S2 310 S2 518 557 601 584
581
566 624 626 627 654 659 662 678 259 255
254
253 250 80
76 69 70 8 6
7 12
3 S2 14
517 C3
558 S2 R3 79 74 23
P1653655 S2 C3
340 272
481 477 470 S2 9 249 C3 P1 298
489 490
P1 S2559 560 561
605
604 C3
586 S2 P1 563 548 628 645 677
676
276 85 22

Mothadaka 482 480

479
474 471 4 R3 P1 R3 S2 254 260 293 294 R3 311 494 520
523 R3
562
563 P1 R3
599
P3 585 580
564
S2 R3 P1 R3 S2646 647
679
S2 680 697
698 342 P1 339
R1 309 307
308 303
274 27 5 78 77 75 9
10
11
378 I2
478 567 281
R3 S2 652 668
663
476 475 462 P2 299 491 521 667 341 R1 302 73 19
5 6 251 305 13 522 S2 600 587 P1
579 550 277 278 280 72 71
21
P3 P3 I2 R1
483 261
473 P2 472 461 20
252 258 495
564 565 596
598 578 549
547 648
649 R3 685 681 682 699 305
304
301
279
U1 282 20 14
Anantapur Kadapa
448 450 459
P2
300 301 262 267 286/A 492 524
525
566
597
576
562 50 m 650 664 666 692 696 338 310
311 18 17 Nellore
P1 P3 21 P3P119 16 P3 P1
449
451 453 454 456 458 P1 P2 286/B 526
527 567
829
569 568
551 545 546
665
686 684
700701
336
312 313
314 284 283
16
15 13 P3
830 535 534 526 651
452
455 457 460 P3264 302 493
295
P2
569
570 817 P2
593
590 588
570
R1
687 683 337 321 300 286 2
P1 437 438
15 P1 P3 528 577 552 538 689 690 695 315
436 P1 446 447 22 P1 18 263
286/C
296/A
296/B 529
571
572 576
816
592
P1 U1 R3 S2
560
R3 R3 536
R3 527
S2528 525 523
688
691 694 Tadepalli 322 320 319
318 316 285
3
Prathuru
435 439
443
429 R3 17
248 250
P1 268/B268/A 285
530 P1 559 561 S2 P1
553
533
716
693
702 R1 344/1 1
434 440 R3 S2 23 P1 R3 S2 265
531
532 573
574 818 819 820 821
591 P3
P1 P2 572 544
537 524 R3
S2 718717719 704 703/1
Chitoor
441
445 S2 R3 269
533
575
571 557 554
S2
543 532 530 521 344/2 335 325 317
287
487 433 442 430 428
427 31 247
C3 C2 534 P1 577 P3 828 589
575
574
C3 P1 540
539
C3 529
520 519
720 711 705 344
344/3
323 324 298 299 288
289
432 32 578 467 541 713 332 334 77
409 410 426 266 271 535 580
822 823
824
462 P1 474573 558 556
555 542
483 494 495
531
517
522 722
721 714
710
706
33 484
Pedaparimi Neerukonda C3 P1 24
29 P1 C3 237 270
536
581 579 825 496 P1 516 518 708
344/4 331 346 329 326 290 78
481 C2 P1 C2 493 491 497 723 707 703 347
484 P3 R1 408 411 412 414415 431
424
C2 C3 423
425 30
34 236 238
P2 283/B 582826827 P1 465
463 461
460
4 73 472 475 482
490
515
514 513 512 724
725 753 754 344/6
330 292 Kunchanapalle
U1 R3 S2498499 R3 756 755 293
406 417 S3 R3 P1 R3 235 S2 239 S2 244 272 273 464 U1
S2 C2
485
492 C2
294 291
79
486 385
383
413 416
418 419 S2422 25 S2 R3 277 283/A
283/C
480 479 511
726 751 344/5 347/1 347/13
353
327
297
80
76
390 380 379 403 28 245 274 279 456 458 477 C4 P1 C2 492/1 489 S2 500 503
504
505 727 750
758 759
760 347/11
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any developmental activities are already established
there with irreversible consequences.6
1.5. The final Master plan which was introduced
in February 2016 revealed the plans for deviating
13 islands (These are Lanka islands inhabited by
around 500 Dalit families for more than 600 years,
the displacement and marginalization issues of these
families without return land is explained in the Section
4.2. of this complaint) for tourism and development
purposes.7 They are also recognized as wetlands and
falls under the agreement of Ramsar Convention.
The Bank’s OP/BP 4.01 A.3 stipulates to “assess the
adequacy of the applicable legal and institutional
framework, including applicable international
environmental agreements”, and henceforth warrants
to ensure that the Bank will not co-finance such
projects which supersedes such international
agreements. Communities asserted that prohibitions
are to be honoured in such cases of land reclamation,
industrial development, permanent construction and
any actions impacting the ecosystem of these islands.
1.6. Serious climatic shifts in the proposed Amaravati
area is an advancing thought from the concerned
environmental-conscious residents of the State and
nationwide. This has been haphazardly scanned by
the Bank infringing on its own clause OP/BP 4.01
A.2. A highly ambitious concrete city with structures
of glass, steel, flyovers, transport connectivity systems
as speculated in the Master Plan will enhance the
growing climate crisis.
1.6.1 India has been identified as a water stress zone
by the International Water Management Institute and
the issue of water scarcity also affects the proposed
capital area, if the floodplains of Krishna River are
encroached upon for construction purposes without
paying caution to the proper conservation and
management of water. Floodplains are the last resort
for pure unpolluted water for Indian cities.
1.6.2. Installing buildings on floodplains will
increase the risk of irrevocable impairments. The
State with its long coastal line is most vulnerable to
cyclone and sea-level change. Though alternatives are 8
6 Original Application No. 171 of 2015, (M. A. No.
510 of 2015), Before the National Green Tribunal, Prin-
cipal Bench, New Delhi, Pandalaneni Srimannarayan &
Anr. Vs.State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
7 Deccan Chronicle: (2017) Andhra Pradesh: Island
farmers on warpath. Accessed from: https://www.dec-
canchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/070417/andhra-
pradesh-island-farmers-on-warpath.html
mentioned by Bank (SESA-ESMF for Amaravati)8
for flood/storm water management including the
raising of construction levels higher than the local
historical flood levels, it is strongly inferred that
destroying the natural absorption and discharge of
Krishna floodplain will tremendously increase flash
flooding, which will not be rectified by developing
three more reservoirs, as mentioned in SESA-
ESMF. Moreover, SESA-ESMF has given inadequate
emphasis on the flood risks of Krishna floodplain,
given the historical records of frequent floods
there. Though GoAP has given written declaration
to NGT regarding protection of floodplains, the
Master Plan discloses that the SEED Capital will
be built on 30 metre deep floodplain. The Master
Plan has also shown that construction will happen
between the Krishna bund and river, which is seen
as impromptu encroachment of the river. The Bank
needs to ascertain whether it has followed OP/BP
4.01 A.7 in including consultations on EA which
are indeed multi-dimensional here, and if they are
brought into the notice of GoAP. We are, in fact,
presented with more arguable reasons that the Bank
and the GoAP has not given least consideration
for the protection of river ecology in the State. The
proposal to elevate many thousand acres land for
high-rise buildings to prevent floods from Krishna
river and Kondaveeti Vagu have been challenged at
the NGT, and the viability of this plan is a point of
contention as explained by noted environmentalists
of the country.9
1.6.3 The proposal to realign Krishna River bund
is stated in the Master Plan, since Amaravati is
celebrated as a Blue-Green Capital City, with a river
frontage. This diversion is also purportedly suggested
to provide ample public facility space against the 30
km stretch of waterfront. It is also defended by the
GoAP that this realignment of Krishna River would be
executed without compromising the flood protection
or the course of the river.10 Only private owners of
lands on either sides of the river and the bund will
benefit from this scheme, by reclaiming more land
between old and new bunds. The natural flow of the
water will be disrupted resulting in grave danger,
World Bank (2017): Strategic Environmental and
Social Assessment - Environmental and Social Manage-
ment Framework (SESA-ESMF), February, pg. 54
9 Deccan Chronicle: (2016) NGT raises doubts
about Amaravati. Accessed from: http://www.deccan-
chronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/160916/ngt-rais-
es-doubts-about-amaravati.html
10 APCRDA (2016): Amaravati Project Ed. No.1,
March
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 as examined by environmental experts. Several 5 of this document, it is imperative to mention here
studies have reported the effects of global warming that uprooting natural forests to install bio parks
on Krishna River and it has been identified as one of is incongruous, and will fail to preserve the native
the nation’s most affected river as a consequence of flora and fauna. In the Master Plan, it has been outlined
climate change. Kondaveeti Vagu is a catchment area that 252 ha of land in Tadepalli Reserve Forest is
for the heavy rainfalls. The flood water from this area
under consideration for possible conversion to
passes through many tributaries and finally joins construction site, and it is awaiting clearance
Krishna River after more than fifteen to thirty days. from MoEFFC. Recent media articles expose that
When the tributaries are disturbed, flow of flood in fact 12,444.89 ha of Kondapalli Reserve Forests
water is restricted, leading to stagnation and crop is under similar consideration for conversion,
destruction every year for the farmer. The capital and in May 2017 the Forest Advisory Committee
city has been sited at this exact location. Details of(FAC) has recommended the Expert Committee
flood mitigation in the capital city are not sufficiently
to examine the Master Plan in order to proceed
mentioned in the Bank’s disclosure documents. further with their review of the submission
by GoAP.12 We want the Bank to reflect and
1.6.4. The State is categorized in the seismic zone specify if this violation of OP/BP 4.04 B.2 warrants
Zone II and III and particularly the land slotted your definitive statement regarding the mentioned
for Amaravati is in Zone III. It has been reported devious strategy of GoAP to acquire uninhabited
(Geological Survey of India) from seismic micro forest land for easy conversion. It is nonetheless
zonation here that earthquakes could result from daunting to find that the Bank has
the neotectonic faults located within 150 kms away mentioned there are no critical natural habitats
from Amaravati.11 Despite the NGT stay order on in Amaravati capital city area.13
the construction of activities, GoAP has vehemently
proceeded with the establishing of a temporary 3. Violation of OP/BP 4.11 –
capital secretariat at the proposed area. This is in Physical Cultural Resources
utter disregard to the law and Constitution of India.
We fail to comprehend why the Bank would proceed, In the Master Plan, many existing heritage sites
in inconsistence with its own environmental policy are planned to be maintained per se “to respect and
(OP/BP 4.01 A.3), to finance this project in a support the rich cultural and religious heritage of
vulnerable area prone to natural disasters. the city”. Amaravati Temple and Buddha statue,
Ananthavaram Temple, Neerukonda Hill, Kondapalli
2. Violation of Bank’s OP/BP 4.04 Fort, Undavalli Caves, Mangalagiri Temple and
– Natural Habitats Kanakadurga Temple are the key destinations planned
within the religious tourism circuit of the city.14 It
The issues of altering river basins, wetlands and islands has been further mentioned that this circuit will be
to ‘development sites’ mentioned in Section 1 of this connected through waterfronts and eco-tourism
document are in resonance with the deviation of the islands, via Bhavani Island and Undavalli Caves.
bank’s policy on natural habitats as well (OP/BP 4.04 Though OP/BP 4.11 mentions the Bank’s stipulation
B.2, B.3 and B.5). Opportunities for environmentally to “avoid structures/natural features and landscapes
sustainable development are profoundly negligible having archaeological (prehistoric), paleontological,
in this project. In spite of repeated appeals from historical, religious and unique natural values”, proper
project affected communities and attentive ascertainment has not been provided by both the
environmental groups, the sub-components of the GoAP’s Master Plan and the Bank whether the ancient
project are proceeding to build an artificial ‘greenfield’ sites will be altered to conform to the demands of the
capital by disrupting the natural ecology of the aggressive project design, especially pertaining to the
designated area rich with diverse bio-resources. Though Undavalli caves and Rock-Cut Temple which falls well
the Bank’s policy on Forests will be analysed against within Amaravati capital city.
the GoAP’s current submission to Ministry of
Environment, Forests and Climatic Change in Section 12 EPW (2017): Amaravati Threatens to March on
Kondapalli, Economic and Political Weekly, 24 June
11 Report of the Expert Committee (2014): Report 13 World Bank (2017): Strategic Environmental and
of the Expert Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs, Social Assessment - Environmental and Social Manage-
Union of India to Study the Alternatives for a New Capital ment Framework (SESA-ESMF), February, pg. 54
for the State of Andhra Pradesh. 14 Amaravati Master Plan, Chapter 10, pg. 155
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 4. Violation of OP/BP 4.12 - in Guntur District (on the west of Old National
Involuntary Resettlement Highway from Prakasam barraiage to Y-Junction at
Mangalagiri. It covers 24 Revenue Villages and part of
It is made aware through media at large that Amaravati Tadepalli Municipality covering Mandals of Thullur,
Capital City Area development and construction Mangalagiri and Tadepalli.17
activities will span over a period of 35-40 years
involving various diverse sub-projects. Deliberating The State has claimed from early 2015 that land will
on the Bank’s SESA-ESMF and Resettlement Policy be acquired for the reason of public purpose only,
Framework documents15 notified in your website, a and Amaravati will be developed as a People’s Capital.
few questions arise: The validity of the CRDA Act, 2014 itself has been
challenged as unconstitutional and contrary to the AP
• Has the SIA been finalized through detailed field Reorganisation Act.18
supervision?
• Other than the regular guidelines and fleeting The citizens are facing the acute errors of the promises
promises regarding resettlement, has the Bank given of the Government from much early in this project,
due diligence to this colossal risky project with disregarding our choices and decisions, even from
Category A status? the instance of siting. When there were plenty of
• What are the measures sought by the Bank to alternatives available for the State, siting a fertile food-
address the evident gaps in SIA, and are the hidden belt area wilt multi-irrigated crops, displacing 20,000
risks contemplated of, and if so would they be families and unidentified others is intangible to the
disclosed to the project-affected communities? development falsely proposed to citizens of the State.
• What is the extent of democratic consultation and The Bank has also failed to give a close look into these
participation while designing SESA-ESMF? Do they insights, violating OP/BP 4.12 D.1, when the siting of
really resonate with the directives given in the Bank’s the capital city location gives no alternative to avoid
own documents?16 displacement and the site itself is in a disadvantaged
location. Across AP and India, several leaders, people’s
The grave indiscretions directed at communities representatives, experts and concerned groups have
are emphasized here with specific reference to expressed their dissent to the State’s Chief Minister
land acquisition, displacement of families and regarding the elbow-wrenching strategies forcefully
communities, loss of livelihoods, lack of attention on used on people opposing land acquisition.19
vulnerable groups and cultural displacement.
The much acclaimed ‘Land Pooling’ is not what
4.1. “The Government notified an extent of 8352.69 people required, as envisioned in the Master Plan, or
Sq.Kms as Andhra Pradesh Capital Region (CR) vide lauded by the external authorities like the Bank, who
G.O.Ms.Nos. 253 & 207, dt. 30-12-2014 & 22-09-2015 are not part of communities. Several false reports and
which is meant for development under the provisions allegations are available in the media regarding this
of APCRDA Act, 2014. The Capital Region includes breach of an existing land law of India Land Acquisition
953 villages, 12 urban local bodies (2 Corporations, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act 2013 (LA ACT).
2-Town areas, 8-Municipalities) of 26 Mandals in The Land Ordinance repeatedly promulgated by the
Guntur District and 30 Mandals in Krishna District. Government of India from January 2015 onwards has
The Government notified an extent of 217.23 Sq.Kms immensely helped the AP government in intimidating
as Andhra Pradesh Capital City Area (CA) vide farmers. It is alleged that the Government should
G.O.Ms. Nos. 254 & 141, dt. 30-12-2014 & 09-06- be accused of land-grabbing and has become land-
2015 which is meant for construction of Capital brokers for private interests. Land Pooling was
City Development Project under the provisions of challenged through writ petitions and cases are
Land Pooling Scheme. The Capital City area falls still pending at the High Court of Guntur-Krishna
districts. Experts, academicians, activists, NGOs have
15 World Bank Amaravati Sustainable Infra- 17 APCRDA (2017): Amaravati Project Edition 2,
structure and Institutional Development Project Proj- March
ect and Operations http://projects.worldbank.org/ 18 Writ Petition No 99 of 2015 currently pending in
P159808/?lang=en&tab=documents&subTab=archivalRe- the High Court at Hyderabad
cords 19 NAPM (2017): Press Release - Appeal to Chief
16 World Bank (2017): Draft Resettlement Policy Minister to scrap Land Pooling Act, CRDA and fully im-
Framework, APCRDA, February, pg 28 plement the 2013 LAA-R&R Act , February
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Farmers handing over affidavits to Municipal Administration Minister
P. Narayana at Nelapadu village in Thullur mandal in Guntur District
on Friday. Farmers in this village became the first stakeholders by
voluntarily giving consent letters to become part of the LPS to the
Minister. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar/The Hindu
also disputed the same. Recalling OP/BP 4.12 D.2,
people reiterate that it has been not been in tandem
with their realities. There was nil environmental or
social impact assessments conducted. Though the
State asserts that it held comprehensive consultations
with urban development consultations and public
organizations, there was only one public consultation
held in January 2017 and four more such consultations
were held while writing this document.20 Yet, these
hasty hearings without due notice to the concerned
groups, seemed like a farce especially when this point
was highlighted in the previous IPN-Request No. RQ
17/04 [case with Inspection Panel of World Bank. The
then released final draft of Bank’s ESF (August 2017)
published in conjunction with the timing of these
hearings raise abundant doubts.
4.2. Paying particular attention to displacement of
Vulnerable Groups and landless families has been
elucidated in OP/BP4.12 D. 4. But certain hidden
revelations need to be brought to light regarding
the outright caste discrimination of Dalits and
other assigned land holders with respect to the
compensation/rehabilitation as against the patta land
holders in the process of pooling land for Andhra
Pradesh Capital Region.21 They are not compensated
through adequate national land compensation
legislation. Given below are some stark observations
by National Alliance of People’s Movements India
(NAPM) during its fact finding studies:
20 Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development
Authority (2017) Public Notice on the safeguard docu-
ments. August. The notice can be accessed here: http://
tiny.cc/wqsd6y
21 NAPM (2017): Press Release - Appeal to Chief
Minister to scrap Land Pooling Act, CRDA and fully im-
plement the 2013 LAA-R&R Act , February
It may be noted that according to GO MS No.
41, which was issued on 17. 02. 2015, there is a
stark discrimination between the compensation
promised for patta, assigned and government lands.
Four different packages were announced for patta
lands, assigned lands, lanka assigned lands and
Government land. For every acre of patta jareebu
land, 1000 sq. yards of residential space and 450 sq.
yards of commercial space is promised. For every acre
of assigned jareebu land, 800 sq. yards of residential
space and 200 sq. yards of commercial space is
promised. For every acre of assigned lanka jareebu
land, 500 sq. yards of residential space and 100 sq.
yards of commercial space is promised. Since some
assigned lands don’t have proper records, they are
being categorized as ‘Government lands’. For every
acre of such land being cultivated by the farmer, just
250 sq. yards of residential space is promised.
However, all the assigned lands and lanka assigned
lands are being cultivated since the time of British
rule. The Government has been taking advantage of
the fact that most of the people don’t have documents
of the assigned lands. Since it is the poor and the
Dalits who form the lion’s share of the assigned lands,
the signatories alleged that this is as an outright
discrimination by the State against the oppressed
castes – the Dalits. The signatories demanded that
the Government should uphold the letter and spirit
of the Constitution instead of actively undermining
the values, rights and entitlements enshrined in the
Indian Constitution.
While the Dalits are economically discriminated
on the basis of the size of reconstituted plots they
will be compensated with, there is a whole social
angle to this caste discrimination. In most villages,
the Dalits were systematically given plots far away
from the development area in low-lying areas while
the upper castes were given costly plots at the centre
of the development area. The letter feared that the
rest of the villages also will face similar situation
in the future, which is a re-creation of the caste
structure in the villages. It is a shame and totally
unacceptable and unconstitutional that the
Government, which has a mandate to prevent and
act against any form of discrimination is in
fact actively promoting and perpetuating caste
discrimination in the garb of ‘resettlement’, the letter
states.
The Bank needs to amend OP/BP 4.12 D. 7, and is
exhorted to hold the mentioned policy accountable.
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4.3. There have been peer-reviewed articles and
findings of few fact-finding groups, and we have also
borrowed extracts from their works which are cited in
this document, since they well articulate anxieties of
Amaravati citizens.
After the capital location was announced, the land
values started rising steeply making land transactions
a prominent activity from early November 2014.
Within a month, the property dealers are known to
have taken over 3,500 acres from farmers, involving
more than `4,000 crore, “almost the entire amount
paid in cash” (NAPM 2014).22 The rules were not
made available in the local language. Short deadlines
were set to pressurise farmers for speedy surrender
of lands even before their implications were
understood by them. The government exhibited
a “rhetoric of urgency” to “justify the speeding up
of law-making, regulations and policies to enable a
new city to quickly materialize.”23 Second, it is widely
believed that the land ordinance with several anti-
farmer provisions was promulgated to coincide with
the CRDA Act. It was argued that it was brought
in as a “conspiracy” to enable the AP government
to intimidate the farmers. In a democracy, “you
don’t re-promulgate an ordinance. This (Union)
Government did it thrice” (Devasahayam’s view as
cited in Subramanyam and Varma 2015). The AP
government extended the land pooling deadline eight
times (Deccan Chronicle 2015c) till the ordinance
lapsed. Third, a petition has been filed before the
National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi24 raising
several environmental concerns. The NGT directed
the state of AP “not to carry out any operations of
the clearing of the land falling in the project area”
without obtaining environmental clearance. The AP
government, however, violated the order by levelling
land and destroying crops in some villages. Despite
this, the Prime Minister of India laid the foundation
for the new capital.25
4.4. In AP, the Capital Region Development Authority
(CRDA) is given “absolute power to acquire, sell,
transfer, grant license or alienate the land” for the
22 NAPM (2014): “NAPM Fact-finding Committee
Findings on AP Capital Region Land Issue,” undated. The
committee visited 16 villages on 5–6 December 2014.
23 Datta, A (2015): “New Urban Utopias of Postco-
lonial India: ‘Entrepreneurial Urbanization’ in Dholera
Smart City, Gujarat,” Dialogues in Human Geography,
5(1): 3–22.
24 Application No 171 of 2015, National Green Tri-
bunal at New Delhi.
25 NGT Order dated 10 October 2015
purpose of development or redevelopment (Suchitra
2015).26 The land of our State is increasingly seen
with new value internationally. It is not merely a
transformation from agricultural land to industrial
land; we realize that our lands are seen as ‘financial
resources’ by the State to attract private international
corporations and investors. The proposition to acquire
land or in our case “pool” land from us, a majority
of us being farmers, is a subtle strategy to lease large
portions of our land to corporations for their profits.
Have you really identified this concern of us, as how
OP/BP 4.12 D. 5, D.6, explains? Displacement of our
traditional farming occupations, increasing risks of
unemployability when an IT-centric capital evolves,
disappearance of small holdings and further bordering
marginalization are increasing areas for our anxiety.
Considerations such as right to consent, caste
composition in the sited areas, sustainability of
communities’ cultural practices, demographic
survey, have not been given due diligence in SESA_
ESMF document. The Bank has neither prepared
participatory appraisal processes, project and
subproject component and mitigation measures, nor
called out for the consent of restoration of livelihoods
in alignment with OP/BP 4.12 D. 10.
5. Violation of OP/BP 4.36 - Forests
5.1. There are no distinguishing proposals or
mention in the original Master Plan for enhancing
the forest cover in area designated for capital city
area. Inferring from Amaravati Master Plan, GoAP
has submitted request to MoEFCC to de-notify 252
ha of land at Tadepalli Reserve Forests. Meanwhile,
reports have also identified identical proposal to
MoEFCC in 2015 regarding diversion of 12,444.89 ha
forest land at Kondapalli Reserve for infrastructure
purposes. GoAP wants to proceed with deforestation
for developing bio-diversity parks, cultural and
industrial park, cultural theme park, adventure
eco-theme park, aerospace and green mobility
industrial park, integrated infrastructure park and
similar parks. This transgresses OP/BP. 4.36 since
the plan involves significant conversion of critical
notified and protected forests, which is, yet again, in
conjunction with critical habitats category (mentioned
in Section 2).
5.2. People’s affirmation is further supplemented
based on Government of India’s (GoI) Forest Policy
26 Suchitra, M (2015): “Capital Punishment,” Down
To Earth, 15 Feb.
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Superimposition of Capital City Master Plan on Satellite Image acquired from Google Earth. Visualisation: Debadityo Sinha/India Together
1988 to preserve our remaining natural forests. The
proposals are also in direct conflict with the Indian
Forest Right Act 1927 and the Scheduled Tribes and
Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition
of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.It has to be noted that
Kondapalli Reserve Forests indeed has communities
dependent on forest produce for livelihood
(Kondapalli Toys).27 Though AP Reorganization Act
states that the Government can divert forestlands if
no alternatives are available, this has been highly
regarded as a weak justification for defending
the ease of altering forest lands. Afforestation
declared as compensation package in controversial
Polavaram area is unreasonable, as identified by
irrigation experts, as the terrain is difficult to irrigate
and the experiences of earlier cultivation have been
difficult. MoEF gave site clearance for the Polavaram dam
in AP in October 2005. But the National Environment
Appellate Authority quashed the environmental
clearance to the dam because the mandatory
public hearings were not held. When MoEF gave forest
clearance to the project in July 2010, it turned out the
Andhra Pradesh government had lied to obtain the
clearance for the Polavaram project. It told MoEF
27 Kondapalli Toy making is an art of hand crafting,
which has been around for five centuries, primarily based
on figures of mythology, animals, birds, bullock carts, rural
life. Tella Poniki, the soft wood for these dancing dolls is
acquired from Kondapalli forests and the wood is seasoned
for years. The artisans involved have migrated from the
State of Rajasthan from 16th c.
there were no forest rights to be settled under Forest
Rights Act in the project affected areas.28
5.3. The State (erstwhile undivided Andhra
Pradesh) has also earlier flouted the Supreme
Court orders regarding stay on deforestation
(Report of CAG 2013).29 It has been ironically stated
by GoAP Chief Minister that precious natural forests
have become highly vulnerable to exploitation
and degradation, and that it is the State’s responsibility
to conserve the with its natural flora and fauna
for this generation and posterity.30 We
recognize this stark incoherence from State’s
chief functionary31 statements as well and also
resolutely urge the Bank to opt out from the project
component.
28 Down To Earth (2015): Polavaram fraud,
Accessed from: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/
polavaram-fraud-33444
29 Orders of Supreme Court were flouted by the
Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, where the
diversion of forestland in Nagarjunasagar Dam was
allowed without prior permission of the Supreme Court
http://www.cseindia.org/userfiles/unlocking-forests-does-
CAF-Bill2015.pdf
30 Andhra Pradesh State of Forest Report -2014
31 “The Central Government shall facilitate the
creation of a new capital for the successor State of Andhra
Pradesh, if considered necessary, by denotifying degraded
forest land”, Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014,
Part X, 94 (4)
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O
ther than the aforementioned infringements
of the Bank on its own environmental and
social safeguards, a few implications need
to be established as well as propositions put forth to
the Bank for better discernment of issues regarding
Amaravati communities related to this project. More
than a mere recapitulation of their concerns, which
indeed looms throughout this entire document, we
want to voice our resistance to ill-conceived projects
undertaken by the borrower states and our contentions
with the Bank’s inadequacy of existing policies which
claim to supposedly serve the course of development
in borrowing countries.
A. Lack of Public Consultation, Consent and
Democratic Oversight
“The Requesters mention that only one consultation
was held in January 2017 on the draft SESA-ESMF
and draft RPF, and that only 150 persons out of
an estimated 127,505 potentially affected people
attended this consultation; five online comments
were submitted. They allege intimidation at this
consultation from security forces and state that some
participants were forcibly turned away.”32
planned, built (and even administered) by private/
foreign companies/governments? The Concept
Note on Smart Cities by the Government of India
specifies that most of the infrastructure in smart cities
will be taken up “either as complete private investment
or through PPPs” (public–private partnerships).”33
“To assume that Amaravati as a capital will attract
4 million migrants in the next 20 years is beyond
belief.34
“The master plan also talks about creating 6,35,000
jobs by 2050 without spelling out how these jobs
will come about (Ang Chit Sin et al 2015). The only
concrete employment option that has been spelt out
in the document refers to capitalising on the key
tourist attractions: on river Krishna, the scenic islands
(riverbed tourism), historic Undavalli caves, Kanaka
Durga temple, Amaravati Buddha statue, Kondapalli
fort, and so forth. Even if the promises are delivered,
these jobs are not going to be helpful for the displaced
workers of Amaravati region, but will be beneficial to
a small class of professional workers. The government
documents say that all displaced workers will be
“reskilled” in order to accommodate them in the
proposed industries of the new city and the region.
The AP Skill Development Corporation (APSDC)
will be established to reskill the workers. 2009). The
most likely scenario is that workers (small farmers,
tenants, landless and non-agricultural workers) will
be released into the larger world, leaving their labour
up for grabs, and as targets of intense exploitation.”35

C. Violation of Constitution of India

and other Laws
Several villagers staged protest at Capital Region Development
Authority (CRDA) office in Vijayawada in January 8, 2016 protesting
The following are the National/State Policies, Laws
against the draft master plan of Amaravati by raising slogans that
and Regulations listed in the Bank’s own SESA_ESMF
the proposed road connectivity in the capital may damage the
document, which are found to be violated. Also listed
archaeological site of Undavalli caves and expressing doubts over
among them are the new laws/acts with amendments
the existence of several houses in the villages. Photo: The Hans India
as well, to accommodate and/or circumnavigate
B. SIA not Addressed in WB-SESA ESMF various issues in the larger project design. There are
many others which do not presently fall under the
“The master plan proposes to distribute the 4.5 scope of this document since they warrant attention
million people who will inhabit Amaravati by 2050 at sub-project levels.
into 18 self-sustainable townships through integration
of land use and transport planning. What is 33 “Draft Concept Note on Smart City Scheme,”
envisioned appears to be a highly regulated (and Revised as on 3 December 2014, Work under Progress,
controlled?) city. Can such a city accommodate the http://indiansmartcities.in.
urban informal sector and the poor/low-income 34 Ramachandraiah, C (2015):” Andhra Pradesh’s
people who migrate to the city in search of livelihood Master Plan for Its New Capital”, Speculation and Weak
opportunities? Will Amaravati become a private city— Foundations” EPW, 19 Sep
32 World Bank (2017): Notice of Registration - 35 Vakulabharanam, Vamsi (2017): “Babu’s Camelot:
IPN REQUEST RQ 17/04 India: Proposed Amaravati Amaravati and the Emerging Capitalist Dynamics in ‘New’
Sustainable Capital City Development Project (P159808) Andhra Pradesh”, EPW, January
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 Laws Status of Violation

Andhra Pradesh State Action Plan for Climate Change, Been violated
2012

APCRDA Act, 2014 New

The Andhra Pradesh Capital City Land Pooling Scheme

Violating Central LARR Act 2013
(Formulation And Implementation) Rules, 2015

Constitution of India - Article 39 (A), Article 47, Article 48 (A),

Violated
Article 51 (A), Article 21

National Water Policy, 2012 Violated

Forest Policy, 1988 Violated

National Action Plan for Climate Change, 2008 Violated

Environment Protection Act, 1986 Violated

EIA Notification 2006 and Environmental

Violated
Clearance

Forest Conservation Act, 1980 Violated

The Water (Prevention Control of Pollution)

Violated
Cess Act, 1977

Air Act 1981 Violated

National Wetland Rules, 2010 Violated

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act,

Foreseen
1958

National Disaster Management Act, 2005 Foreseen

National Green Tribunal Act 2010 Cases pending

Right To Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Gravely violated; Case with Supreme
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act ,2013 Court from 2018 on the AP State
Land Amendment Bill
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A scan of the news report published in the Times of India dated July 3, 2017.

D. Coercion, Intimidation “The TDP organised an interactive meeting of

the farmers with the chief minister at Hyderabad
“While the LPS was supposed to be voluntary, on 18 November 2014. The outcome was
the AP government has relied heavily on “disappointing” and his “promise of
using police as an instrument of coercion transforming farmers into industrialists did not
and intimidation along with several tactics go down well” (Times of India 2014b). A farmer
which have come to be locally known as the from Krishnayapalem recalled with shock and
“mind game” which has, probably, few dismay that the chief minister’s attitude was highly
parallels in India in recent years. The large authoritarian.”38
absentee landowners, who left agriculture
and have been leasing out lands and belong More reports are available on media -
to the upper-caste support base of the Chandrababu Naidu reportedly said, “Prepare a
TDP in the Thullur area, were the early comprehensive action plan with measures which
ones to come forward to join land pooling. are to be initiated legally against the people
The government has claimed that it has entered working against the capital city. We shall not spare
into MoUs with several foreign and such forces.”39
Indian companies, worth about
`5 lakh crore by offering thousands of acres of This statement has come out followingthe
public land.”36 Chief Minister’s recent remarks about him “not
hesitating” to ignore villagers and farmers of
“To analyse the twin strategies of speculation and Andhra Pradesh, their connectivity to roads
intimidation/ coercion, we have drawn heavily and non-availability of pensions, if they do not
from print media reports, government orders, vote for his (TDP) party.
master plan documents, field visits, and
interviews with local activists and farmers.”37
38 EPW (2016): A Landscape of Speculation and
36 Times of India (2016a): “AP Land Bank Grows 3 Intimidation: Making of Amaravati, Economic and
Times in a Year, Boosts Industrialisation Plans,” Times of Political Weekly, April 23
India, 13 January 39 http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ap-
37 Ramachandraiah, C (2016):”Amaravati- A cm-threatens-action-against-those-complaining-about-
Landscape of Speculation and Intimidation”, EPW, April amaravati-project-alleges-conspiracy
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 Complaint registered with the Inspection
Panel – Quick Look: 2017
Gonzalo Castro de la Mata, Chairman of World Bank’s Inspection
Panel, Jan Mattsson, Member of the Panel, Dilek Barlas, Executive
Secretary, and Birgit Kuba, Operations Officer listening to the
grievances of the affected communities at the Amaravati.
with the Panel. After reviewing the addendum, the
Panel submitted an updated Report and
Recommendation to the Board. Based on
the addendum and the proposed actions, the
Panel deferred its recommendation for up to
six months as to whether an investigation is warranted.
The Board on December 12, 2017, approved the
Panel decision to defer its recommendation and
to report back to the Board in the next six months.40
Since then, the Panel is yet to publish its
recommendations, even after more than a year now.

I
Photo: The Hans India
n May 2017, few landowners and farmers
registered a complaint with the Inspection Panel
with a request for Inspection, as a result of the
Bank’s non-compliance with its environmental
and social policies in preparation of the
proposed project. The Panel registered the
request on June 12, 2017, and received the
Management Response to the request on July 21, 2017.

A Panel team visited India from

September 12-15, 2017, and met with the
requesters and other potentially affected
community members, farmers who support
the LPS and their representatives, representatives
of the World Bank Country Office, officials
from the Ministry of Finance and from the
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development
Authority, the agency responsible for
developing the city, as well as civil society
representatives.

On September 27, 2017, the Panel submitted its

Report and Recommendation to the World Bank
Board of Executive Directors that recommended
“carrying out an investigation into the alleged
issues of harm and related potential non-
compliance with Bank policies, especially relating to
involuntary resettlement.” On November 27,
2017, Bank management submitted to the Panel
an addendum that offered clarifications, an
update on project preparation and additional
actions to “complement and clarify” the actions
presented in its July 21, 2017, response in
order to fully address the Requesters’ concerns.
Management indicated the addendum was
based on recent field missions and discussions 40 http://ewebapps.worldbank.org/apps/ip/Pages/
ViewCase.aspx?CaseId=126
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 Memorandum submitted to The
Inspection Panel during their visit in
September 2017
Demands from Affected Communities
and Peoples’ Groups against the 3. We do not hesitate to direct our charges against the
World Bank and AIIB on lending to the catastrophic
Impositions of the Bank project where we are witnessing now the forced Land

W
e reiterate and exact appropriate responses Pooling Scheme to amass vast parcels of land for
and actions from the Bank in lieu of the development across one of the richest fertile food
following precise abysmal risks glaring belts of India.
back at us and all the fraternal groups in solidarity with
deep concern for our land, livelihoods and survival. 4. We demand that the Bank revoke its support from
the project, which would surely pave the way for the
1. We strongly hold the World Bank and AIIB disruption of the natural state of a sensitive ecosystem
accountable for the already existing and impending including remodelling reserve forests by felling
crucial consequences of this mammoth capital city trees and building bio/industrial/techno/sports
project with its flawed project design, based on its parks, along with your negligence towards our
own environmental and social safeguards. foresight of frequent floods triggered to an acute
degree.
2. Despite repeated communication, appeals, court 5. Displacement and ‘resettling’ of around 20,000
stay order and pending cases at the NGT, the GoAP families in the guise of returning ‘developed’
has already proceeded with construction activities residential and commercial lands in the absence of
and laying out infrastructure in an accelerated a guarantee and struggling in the tentacle grip of
mechanism, involving sub-projects and components, realtors, middlemen, goondas of real estate sector are
which highly falls in the purview of the Bank’s scope serious concerns raised. The Bank presenting multiple
- its Urban Pro-Poor Infrastructure goal for the plans on involuntary resettlement against these issues
project. This is a very disturbing trend of the Bank for without public consultations or consent is vehemently
proceeding with support for the government without questionable.
paying heed to the resistances of the project affected
communities and circumventing the prevailing legal 6. We have mentioned that the creation of Andhra
orders against the project. Also, as understood from Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority
the Bank’s own statement, it has executed a trust fund Act (APRCDA Act 2014) was against the Land
of $ 0.17 million for financing the preparatory works Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013
of project. along with the tweaked amendments. We are aware

Left: A photo from November 2014 of the fertile fields of Uddandarayunipalem. Right: Buildings have now come up on plots given up for the
Land Pooling Scheme, while farming in these fields has stopped. Photos: Rahul Maganti/PARI

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that, as and when project components materialise, accountability mechanism. They further expressed
existing laws are amended at the State, or there is a their astonishment of the Bank’s silence on Andhra
complete irreverence to the nation-specific policies. Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s
We fiercely question this disregard for the Bank for our instruction to the Capital Region Development
policies and laws, which were strenuously formulated Authority (CRDA) to firmly deal with the people
by our national leaders during our times of national who filed complaints with the World Bank. The
and regional struggles. signatories of the letter held the World Bank and the
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a co-
7. The lack of a Resettlement Policy Plan and the financier of the project, accountable for the already
inadequate addressing of the Bank against the uprooting existing and impending crucial consequences of this
of Dalit families from 600-year-old occupied islands mammoth capital city project and demanded that
and not assigning them return lands will lead directly the concerns of the project affected communities be
to the creation of a wide marginalised community of considered; faulty ‘voluntary’ Land Pooling Scheme
informal sector on the outskirts of the capital city with be withdrawn; Andhra Pradesh Capital Region
no regard to their dignity, efforts and labour. Development Authority Act (APRCDA Act 2014) be
abolished.41
8. We want to draw the attention of the Bank to the
contemptuous promises made by the Government
to upgrade skills of project affected people of which
farmers are majority, by wrenching their agricultural
lands from them and introducing new ‘industrial and
technological’ skills. The statistics of increase in land
value, population and employment rates are highly
speculated, and studies based on other references
on recent capital cities of India affirm our case. We
are resolute when we ask the Bank to reconsider stop
investing in this project based on highly inflated statistics
that are borrowed from the development models of
foreign countries (Japan, Singapore).

9. We do not wish to sell our land to foreign players

with diversified investments, MoUs and interests, in
the name of ‘development’. Our State Government,
who should have been supporting the citizens who
elected them, refrain from giving attention to our calls.
We assert that we will continue exhorting the Bank for
proceeding with this ill-conceived project, against the
greater interests of the people in Amaravati.

Meanwhile, Social Activist Medha Patkar, Former

Power Secretary Dr. EAS Sarma, Goldman Prize
awardee Prafulla Samanthra, Retired Scientist from
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) Dr.
Babu Rao, and 42 other representatives of various
people’s movements, civil society organisations, and
concerned citizens wrote to the Executive Directors
of the World Bank Group to draw urgent attention
to various irregularities surrounding the proposed
capital city construction. They strongly expressed
that the suggestions of the Panel’s report for a full
investigation into the violations of the Bank’s operating
policies must be followed by the Board and that the
Board should not undermine the mandate of its own 41 http://www.cenfa.org/press-releases/csos-
approach-wb-on-amaravati-capital-city-project/
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 Updates from the Ground as shared by
Capital Region Farmers Federation
2018-2019
A sign in Undavalli argues against the land pooling process. All farmers there have multi-crop, arable land. Photo: Mridula Chari/Scroll
1. A new document has been released for the
Amaravati project with a new title, Amaravati
Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional
Development Project (ASIIDP,) without a change in
project number: http://tiny.cc/xkjf6y
2. In this document, unfortunately, zilch progress
is seen from the Bank towards addressing
BP/OP 4.12 except recycling old arguments that are
totally baseless. The World Bank and Inspection Panel
has not yet shared the World Bank’s independent
assessment on the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS),
conducted by Geoffrey Payne in early 2018. So far,
documents regarding this are not seen anywhere,
but communities remain confident that most of
these assessments are biased/arbitrary and some are
deceptive. There is a new line of information in this
updated PID/ISDS – “The proposed World Bank loan
of $300 million will focus on three strategic areas: (i)
providing quality infrastructure to ensure that global
knowledge is built into technical designs of major
infrastructure investments; (ii) supporting the set-
up of an institutional structure that can lead to the
establishment of an empowered and effective local
government; and, (iii) supporting an inclusive benefit
sharing system for all residents of the region.” It is
also clearly detailed that ASIIDP comprises of five
components including who brings how much to meet
this total investment need of US$ 715 million apart
from World Bank, AIIB, GoAP. It means, scope of the
project (in terms of interventions) has been massively
expanded to ruin the lives of 140,000 people.
3. It was stated that there are independent assessments,
without providing any details. Further, it was stated
that the Bank has confirmed completion of appraisal
vide their letter dated 07 January 2019 addressed
to the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh State.
Citizens ask - Without checking the authenticity of
the assessment documents and information presented
in those documents that supports this loan/PID, as
well as without proper public consultations, how come
World Bank appraise those documents? On one hand
Project Affected People have been constantly informed
that the project is in the initial stages of preparation,
but how could Bank Management complete project
appraisal without sharing final assessment reports?
As the Bank Management has now given their
appraisal for the project by jointly collaborating with
GoAP, it is necessary to ascertain the correctness of
those documents and assessment reports. Farmers
relentlessly claim that a number of statements made
in those reports are contradictory and warrants an
investigation. And this has to be verified on ground by
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the Inspection Panel through site visits. Evidences are
ready to be produced to the Panel, where GoAP/World
Bank/ASIIDP violated a number of Acts/rules/laws/
policies including directives from National Green
Tribunal (NGT). While many cases are pending in the
State’s High Court and Supreme Court of India, how
could World Bank management consider appraisal of
the project when an investigation is necessary at this
point?
4. Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 of World Bank is
triggered, as ASIIDP project is using flood plains
for infrastructure, especially for road infrastructure?
Inspection Panel witnessed this on the ground during
their previous visit to the site. In some sections, they
are draining the water continuously to build road
infrastructure - https://youtu.be/elKTaNdOPfc.
5. Similarly, Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 –
groups have provided a lot of information in their
communications previously, but this updated PID/
ISDS blatantly refuses to acknowledge such groups
exist. The Capital Region Farmers Federation [CRFF]
and People’s Watch of Andhra Pradesh [PWAP]
have submitted a number of comments/suggestions/
concerns with regard to Environmental & Social
Management Framework (ESMF); Draft Resettlement
Policy Framework (RPF); Social Impact Assessment-
Resettlement Action Plan for 10 sub-arterial
Roads; Social Impact Assessment – Resettlement
Action Plan for Flood Management
Works; and Environmental Assessment
and Environmental Management Plan
(EAEMP) for 10 sub-arterial roads proposed
under ASCCDP (now ASIIP). These submissions
were from individuals and groups/sections of the
people who were impacted by ASIIP/ASCCDP.
But so far there were no responses received. In
many instances, Inspection Panel was copied of these
correspondences.
6. The Project-level Grievance Redress Mechanism
(GRM) totally failed to address the concerns that were
raised in various forums from the beginning of ASIIP/
ASCCDP project. Groups see that none of these
concerns and suggestions were taken into account.
During farmers’ last meeting with the World Bank
personnel and APCRDA on 23 October in Vijayawada
(at Vasavya Mahila Mandal premises, which is GRM
here), they were quite reluctant to consider any of
these concerns, and suggestions.
7. Further, updated PID/ISDS of ASIIDP project,
#13 in Page 8 says, it will support the Government of
India’s vision of empowering city governance structure
in the long term, through the 74th Constitutional
Amendment Act (CAA) of 1992, which positioned
urban local governments to become key institutions
of political representation and service delivery.
ASIIDP completely violates the 74th CAA and in fact
destroyed 29 local bodies of Andhra Pradesh and their
representation in the project.
8. As part of LPS, returnable plots have been
allocated but development around those is “zero”. No
beneficiary till date has taken physical position of
their returnable plots. There is no choice to 2nd party
(farmer) as Government (1st party) always dictates the
terms. The 2nd party is unable to approach court or
for other legal assistance. Unfortunately, this is the
reality of LPS in Amaravati. This clearly shows, there is
no clarity on the returnable plots, and its dimensions
till date. How could farmer surrender their rights for
something that does not exist on ground, even after 4
years of the capital city project?
9. In the addendum to World Bank’s Management
response issued on 27 November 2017 (http://tiny.cc/
h2jf6y), Page 2, point #4, (a) Community engagement
and monitoring to address potential coercion and other
implementation issues, there are a number of gaps. The
following are being completely overlooked.
i. Citizens Advisory Committee: PWAP and
PAP/PAFs are constantly requesting for their
representation in this committee. But so far, no
action has been taken. Instead APCRDA has filled
this committee with members who are some way
related with current ruling party (TDP) of Andhra
Pradesh Government. This committee has failed to
meet its objectives listed in their Terms of Reference.
What can World Bank, IFIs, PAP/PAF, and a
common man expects from this Citizens Advisory
Committee?
ii. Engage a local independent party to obtain
additional information on any potential coercion/
Engage independent local professionals to visit
affected villages to monitor concerns and feedback:
How can Vasavya Mahila Mandal (VMM), the GRM,
be engaged t for these two purposes? Could a single
NGO be likely to be expected to perform these two
tasks? VMM has totally failed to engage vulnerable
groups to restore livelihoods of those impacted by
ASCCDP. Many incidents of coercion have been
reported since January 2018. There are several
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 atrocities that were committed by the GoAP and its
police force. One such gory incident on Nandigam
Suresh could be seen in this video with his own
explanation https://youtu.be/OdIdrrVUtbw. PWAP
and PAP/PAFs see this as a complete compromise of
ethics and morals of VMM who has surrendered itself
to APCRDA/GoAP. They have lost their credibility
and trust to continue in ASCCDP any longer. A
detailed investigation on the functioning of these
Institutions and Committees is essential. How could
one expect these institutions provide basic justice to
the people who are affected by Amaravati capital city
project, more specifically ASCCDP? There is an uprise
of farmers who has given their lands under LPS, but
it is constantly being suppressed by GoAP using its
intelligence units.
Farmers ask what specific actions have been taken
by the World Bank management to protect the
interest of affected people and communities. A latest
incident was on 13 September 2018, wherein a main
water pipeline for irrigation of agricultural lands
was broken down on purpose at Road E16 near
Nidamarru village. The video is available at https://
youtu.be/E1cYZgPQ6gE.
iii. Support creation of a Project-level Grievance
Redress Mechanism (GRM): PWAP informed several
times through a number of communications, GRM
has totally failed to address the needs on ground and
is a complete failure. It was quite rosy on paper, but
absent in action.
iv. Increase the frequency of preparation missions
and do outreach with stakeholders to solicit feedback
on issues: These missions lack complete action.
People do not see any productivity from these
missions of the World Bank Management in Delhi.
Instead of reducing inequalities and poverty, such
missions from the World Bank are widening the
inequalities and increasing the poverty. World Bank
is completely ignoring Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), where we as humanity as abided to
these principles, groups question.
10. Failure of livelihood support programmes and
assurances made under LPS: Apart from these, under
LPS, APCRDA assured the following for landless
agricultural laborers and households in the Capital
City area are eligible to receive a combination
of livelihood restoration benefits. Almost all
landless families have challenges in accessing these
benefits, and their current situation is worse than
pre-Capital City status. Both APCRDA and the
World Bank failed to assess the livelihood
restoration for landless agricultural labourers, this
video https://youtu.be/0E4HM9zAKHk further
corroborates with this observation. Following
is a detailed status of these till date.
(i) A pension of INR 2,500 is being given to landless
labourers. But this is being distributed once every
2 to 3 months. Also, the amount is not sufficient
as the costs per family increased to INR 12,000 per
month after the announcement of the Capital. There
is no assurance that, it would continue after the State
elections in 2019.
(ii) Employment guarantee
• Employment was guaranteed for one person per
family in the capital region. This is irrespective of
LPS farmers, non-LPS farmers, landless labors, and
Dalits. But this has not been realized till date.
• Government assured daily employment and fixed
wage through the establishment of nurseries, but
these are not functioning anymore, except the one at
Venkatapalem. PWAP would like to question, how
many people will be provided with an employment
by each nursery.
(iii) Interest free loan of up to 25 lakhs to all the poor
families for self-employment not at all implemented.
There is no facility to access interest-free loans for
setting up enterprises till date.
(iv) Access to skill upgrading and training
opportunities: Skill development sessions were an eye
wash program and it failed miserably to generate the
wage employment as promised. Although data was
presented on APCRDA website, self-employment
cannot be considered as an “employment” as there
is no constant assured revenue per month. In the
self-employment, risks are high. Further, there is a
question around, how this could be linked with Skill
Development? In any case, APCRDA website shows,
about 1,425 have been employed till date including
self-employment. This needs a serious investigation.
(v) Provision of subsidized food in all the 29 villages:
Only 3 canteens have been established (except the
one temporary secretariat, IGC in Velagapudi) and
they are not serving 100% of poor and pending to
establish such canteens at the rest of capital villages.
(vi) Free access to medical and educational benefits
in designated facilities: The assurance on “Fee
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 reimbursement for all the children” whoever
are studying in the capital region has not been
realized to date. About 6,000 students have been
identified to be benefitted as part of this scheme.
Only 33 have been supported till date. Similar
story in the case of “fee reimbursement” scheme.
Free access to medical is not happening at all. The
issued health cards are not valid.
(vii) Although the LPS promises to allocate 5%
of land pooled to affordable housing for the poor,
only 1,680.90 acres have been allocated in the
Draft Detailed Master Plan for “weaker section
housing” (i.e., for those living below the poverty
line) but failed to notify the location of those
lands.
(viii) No initiative on setting up of an old age
homes.
(ix) Livelihood improvement plan: It was
assured that a livelihood improvement plan
will be prepared for all those interested farmers
receiving base annuity less than INR 75,000/-
and the landless labourers receiving monthly
pensions, by January 2018. It is important to note
that majority of farmers under LPS/LA owns
only 1 to 2 acres and their annuity is less than
INR 75,000 per annum and there is no livelihood
improvement plan as of today. Further, APCRDA
shall restore livelihood improvement to pre-
displacement level of project before starting of
the implementation of a project. What actions
has been taken by APCRDA and VMM in this
regard till date. Refer to a recent article on this
available at https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/
a-wasteland-of-lost-farm-work.
Further, one could hear the latest feedback
from the farmers on ground, available at
https://youtu.be/SBPGJEMYwz0. There is
another video of farm labourers and farm workers
providing their feedback on the assurances given
to them, which is available at https://youtu.
be/0E4HM9zAKHk. These two videos are in
Telugu, but these videos summarize the issues
very clearly.
11. Objections on Resettlement Policy Framework
(RPF):
I. The Final Draft Resettlement Policy
Framework, http://tiny.cc/folf6y only covers
the impacts and mitigation measures related to
lands being acquired through LARR and negotiated
settlement, and not to those that are part of the
LPS despite it was specifically committed in the
management response to the Inspection panel in
September/November 2017. As per the BP/OP 4.12,
the terms of the compensation has to be “Where
the borrower has offered to pay compensation to
an affected person in accordance with an approved
resettlement plan, but the offer has been rejected, the
taking of land and related assets may only proceed if
the borrower has deposited funds equal to the amount
offered as compensation plus 10 percent in a secure
form of escrow or other interest-bearing deposit
satisfying the Bank’s fiduciary requirements. The
borrower must also provide a means satisfactory to the
Bank for resolving the dispute concerning the offer of
compensation in a timely and equitable manner.” This
means, APCRDA has to follow the legal framework
covering resettlement and the policies of the
government and implementing agencies.
II. In page 4, para 1 of Final Draft Resettlement
Policy Framework, it was stated that “A new state
administration was set up to govern the new state,
and the development of a new administrative
center, Amaravati Capital City, was announced”,
clarifications are sought as to why APCRDA/GoAP
need 217 square kilometers (53,677 acres) for the
development of an administrative center? The groups
ask whether the Bank could provide a definition of
administrative center? When there were developed
cities such as Vijayawada at a distance of 30 km, and
Guntur at a distance of 18 km to the new proposed
Capital City, what additionally is that Amaravati
Capital City is going to serve?
III. The Article 2 and Article 3 of the Constitution
of India confer exclusive and plenary powers upon
the Parliament to form or establish or to completely
alter and destroy the identity of the existing states. A
state legislature, as per Clause (e) of Article 3 of the
Constitution, cannot even change the name of the state.
It is within the exclusive domain of the Parliament to
form any state, set boundaries, and name a state in
the Union as defined in Article 1 of the Constitution.
The power to establish a capital of a state is inherent
to, and inseparable from, the power conferred
upon the Parliament under Articles 2, Article 3 and
Article 4 of the Constitution. The subject matter of
establishing a capital of a new state formed by the
parliament by law is not covered by any Entry in
List-II of the Schedule-VII of the Constitution -
http://tiny.cc/z3lf6y. It is specifically because the
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 capital of a state shall foster to the needs of all sections/
strata’s of the society/residents of the state without
any political discrimination as to the development of
a particular region/part of such state. Therefore, only
the Parliament can, by law, establish a capital of a newly
reconstituted state, which after reconstitution and
reorganisation by enacting a law, under Article 3(a)(c)
(d) of the Constitution, it has lost its erstwhile capital
city. It is stated that neither the State Legislature nor
Executive is competent, under any Entry of List-II of
the State List of Schedule-VII of the Constitution, to
establish a capital for such state. Therefore, clauses
(1), (3) and (4) of Section 3 and Clause (6) of Section
2 of the APCRDA, Act, to the extent these provisions
establish and demarcate a new capital city and/or
capital region for the new state of Andhra Pradesh,
are ultra vires to the provisions of Article 245 and
Article 246 of the Constitution of India read with
Article 3 and Article 4 of the Constitution.
IV. In naming capital cities, State Government must
seek a no-objection from central government before
issuing a Gazette notification. No such procedure is
followed till date. State issued a Gazette on 23 April
2015 under G.O MS No. 97. Further, the new capital
city name is not yet officially recognized by Indian
postal services. Please be informed that there is
another temple town called “Amaravati”, which was
also recognized as heritage city by Govt of India, and
is about 10 km away from current unofficial capital.
V. In page 4, para 3 it was stated that “At the time
of the announcement of the Capital City the area
predominantly consisted of agricultural fields, mainly
with commercial crops.”, communities requested the
World Bank Management and APCRDA to revisit
this statement as the crops were predominantly for
food security. Also, before making such statement,
it needs to be ensured that such data is supported
by statistical back up. The fertile lands that are being
ruined currently is the green belt that used to produce
120 different types of crops and is multi crop irrigated
land. How could all the private and public banks
in this area would have given loan to the farmers
erstwhile, if the lands were not fertile and if they
would not have provided food security, inquire the
farmers.
12. Violation of National Acts/Rules, Policies,
Directives, and also Court orders:
12.1. With regard to the flood mitigation works,
there is a clear directive from the National Green
Tribunal (NGT) as per its Judgement Pronounced
on 17th November 2017. It emphasized that
APCRDA shall conduct a comprehensive study on
hydrogeomorphology of the area with a view to
effectively plan water retention ponds/reservoirs,
storm water drains and their interconnectivity, so
as to optimize water conservation, both surface and
sub-surface.
So far APCRDA failed to conduct such a study and
has tried to change the water courses. As a result,
because of rains, even for just 3 to 4 mm of rain
fall per day, the whole capital region was flooded, and
newly formed roads are being swamped under water.
The power pumps that were installed at Undavalli
are not going to serve the purpose because the flow
is very slow because of the catchment topography.
The pumps shall be stopped every two minutes once
as there is not enough water to lift from the stream.
It is all the more important that
hydrogeomorphology of the catchment area
is conducted as per the directives and is an
important activity. It is unfortunate that even the
World Bank is faulted on this directive of NGT.
The current flood mitigation interventions being
executed on ground under the proposed ASCCDP are
in fact increasing the risks of flooding in the capital
city area.
Farmers and affected communities emphasize
that, as per the NGT Judgement Pronounced on
17th November 2017, following points were stated:
(i) The project proponent, AP CRDA, shall conduct
or cause to be conducted a comprehensive study
on hydrogeomorphology of the area with a view to
effectively plan water retention ponds/reservoirs,
storm water drains and their interconnectivity, so
as to optimize water conservation, both surface
and sub surface. APCRDA hasn’t conducted
such a study till date.
(ii) Any alteration of the flood plains by construction
of storm water drains, retention ponds and related
development within the capital city should be done
only after conducting a study. Without such a study,
even World Bank has failed to follow.
(iii) No alteration of the river or natural storm
water morphology, flow pattern and location by way
of straightening shall be permitted, as such alteration
may result in increase of soil erosion, sediment
transport due to raised velocity and decrease in
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 ground water recharge which may reduce base flow
during the dry season.
(iv) No alteration to the pre-existing embankments
if any should be permitted except as may be required
for its strengthening for flood protection of the
proposed Capital City. Even such exercise should
be undertaken after detailed study of the flood
pattern and hydraulics of the river or the storm water
drains.
(v) All the hills and hillocks in the catchment area
of KondaveetiVagu, its tributaries and other storm
water drains/channels should be treated with
intensive soil and water conservation measures
including afforestation so as to minimize surface
run off and improve ground water recharge. What
are the afforestation measures proposed? Two
committees have to be formed as stated by NGT, one
to supervise the work and the other to implement and
process. So far, these committees are fully ignored.
The people consider it’s a pity that the World Bank
joined this bandwagon that continued to ignore
the directives of highest environmental body of a
nation.
12.2. The honorable High Court of the State has
clearly provided directions on land acquisition.
APCRDA has continued to mislead the orders by
stating “No evidence to confirm this ever occurred.
No contempt of court issues, which would have
arisen from such action, have been recorded
by CRDA.” It is a total failure of APCRDA to
acknowledge these judgements. Following are
ten cases and there are another ten cases pending
in the high court. You could search
these WP numbers online and related judgements.
WP No 15820 of 2017, WP No 25138 of 2018,
WP No 22283 of 2018, WP No 24738 of 2018,
WP No 22107 of 2018, WP No 23616 of 2018,
WP No 21542 of 2018, WP No 23872 of 2018,
WP No 23467 of 2018, WP No 23177 of 2018.
12.3. Public Property cannot be allotted to Profit-
Oriented Institutions for Free, says Supreme Court
of India. Refer to the article http://tiny.cc/s6mf6y.
12.4. How come the World Bank has become a part of
GoAP Government Order (GO) 320?
I. LPS is a GO, but not an Act till date. So, the
Government cannot acquire land using LPS.
Therefore, GoAP has come up with 22 of 2018
Act, which has not come into force till today. The
same has been challenged in the High Court of
Andhra Pradesh, where it has been dismissed.
The same Act has been now challenged in the
Supreme Court in New Delhi by Medha Patkar and
Sheshgiri Rao garu, refer to Diary no 42134 of 2018
Medha Patkar & Ors. Vs. UOI & Ors. Further, the
rules and regulations of 22 of 2018 Act have also
been challenged, refer to Diary No 4085 of 2019.
While these cases are pending in the court, how
could World Bank be part of the Government
(through GO 320) and interfere with the legal aspects
of the land?
II. GoAP issued a Government Order (GO),
G.O.MS.No. 275 and 320 (dated 19 September
2018) without the consent of World Bank, approved
the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF)
and Environmental and Social Management
Framework (ESMF) to enable the APCRDA to avail
World Bank assistance for ASCCDP. There were a
number of mistakes and wrong information quoted
in RPF and ESMF. On 23 October 2018, World
Bank personnel confirmed to PWAP and PAP/
PAFs that these documents are yet to be finalized by
the World Bank management. Without the consent
of World Bank, how could GoAP/APCRDA pass
such GOs?
III. People of Amaravati along with CRFF, PWAP
and PAP/PAFs demand the World Bank to correct
the flaws and accountable for the implementation
of World Bank own rules and policies as well as
national rules. They exhort the Bank to make
sure that all the assurances are implemented by
APCRDA, but not collude with them in crime
against humanity and environment.
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 Finding an amicable solution in moving
forward (2019): an appeal from affected
communities
o Even today, people do not consider it is late.
They urge to follow an inclusive approach to
convince those constantly raising objections on
this green field project that is ruining the life and
livelihoods of the poor farmers. CRFF, PWAP, PAP/
could take an extra mile provided APCRDA comes
forward to follow the rule and ensure PAP/PAFs are
compensated as per market value. Provide justice
to all the sections of the people i.e. 118,000 people,
and not only 22,000 farmers.
o Dissolve the current Citizens Advisory
Committee with immediate effect and ensure it
is more inclusive. People from various political
parties, NGOs, and CRFF/PWAP must be included
and given a role.
o If APCRDA really wants to realise the dream of
Amaravati Capital and/or ASCCDP, why do they
encourage farmers and other persons affected to
approach court? All the issues that the farmers
and people have been fighting, could easily be
addressed by APCRDA. We call upon APCRDA
and the World Bank to resolve these issues.
o So far, LPS is considered as a private agreement
between a farmer and the component authority,
and violates many fundamental articles of Indian
constitution in the form as it is being devised.
Provide legal guarantees to LPS. Irrespective of
the party that rules GoAP after 2019 elections,
processes must continue the momentum. It cannot
be assumed that the present ruling political party,
Telugu Desam Party, will be in power after May
2019. It is going to be a different challenge altogether.
o World Bank is compelled to provide legal help
and support to the PAP in resolving the legal matters
related with various land procuring measures that
were deployed. CRFF/PWAP could facilitate the
process between appointed lawyer by the World
Bank and PAP/PAF.
o In the current documentation, RFP, ESMP -
World Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement
BP/OP 4.12 has been conveniently watered-down
in the case of LPS. There are double standards
followed in the Compensation Valuation under
different policies.
o Currently 30,774 returnable plots were registered
(among this, there are a number of re-registrations,
so the actual number is lower) against 62,571.
That means, registration rate is 49%. This is of the
total 33,000 acres. Farmers demand, could World
Bank confirm LPS was successful? What happens
to Bank’s investment made on the roads and
flood mitigation works on the remaining private
lands that were not surrendered to APCRDA yet?
Could World Bank provide loan to ruin the lives
and livelihoods? Remaining farmers who own
their agricultural lands could approach the court
anytime to cancel their consent and start cultivation
on those lands. There are many lapses in the entire
process of APCRDA and GoAP. The risk of Bank’s
investment is too high, and it cannot be assumed
that farmers will not pull APCRDA and GoAP to
the court, time and again.
o Please address all the concerns and objections
that were raised by PAF/PAP at various forums, a
number of submissions were made.
o APCRDA/GoAP continue to intimidate, apply
all sorts of coercion and threat is being created in
the minds of the people, not to speak openly about
Amaravati. Citizens understand that GoAP could
go to any extent in safeguarding the brand and
image of Amaravati.
o CRFF and PWAP appeal to the World Bank to
share Geoffrey Payne’s independent assessment on
the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS).
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 Unexpected Political Promises and Upheaval
in Progress
When the city of Hyderabad, the political and
economic capital of previous Andhra Pradesh,
became the capital of Telangana State in 2014, the
Chief Minister from Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
of newly divided Andhra Pradesh had explicitly
sought out to the Central Government for ‘special
status category’ to build Amaravati capital city. The
ruling party which was Congress at the centre then
had denied and the opposition party, the Bharatiya
Janata Party, BJP had then extended their support
to TDP for this status. Ironically, after BJP came to
power at the centre in 2014 general elections, they
rejected TDP’s request for the same and this led to
a widening rift between the two political factions.
The Andhra Chief Minister keeps challenging the
faction for their false promises and their partnership
broke.

Yet, last week in Andhra Pradesh, BJP in its election

manifesto for 2019 for the State of Andhra Pradesh,
has promised that they will give back the land
that was allegedly taken by the State Government
“through deceit” for the construction of Amaravati,
to those who request for it.42 Backlashes for the
capital city project and the reckless manner in
which it is pursued keep increasing in the State.43

42 ht t p s : / / w w w. t h e h i n d u . c o m / n e w s / c i t i e s /
Vijayawada/return-of-amaravati-land-tops-bjp-agenda/
article26649900.ece
43 https://www.news18.com/news/politics/piyush-
goyal-challenges-chandrababu-naidu-for-debate-on-nda-
govts-aid-for-andhra-pradesh-2078607.html
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This brief report of Centre for Financial Accountability New
Delhi is aimed to throw light on the critical lapses and breaches
which have been committed during the design, pre-appraisal and
Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment – Environment
and Social Management Framework (SESA-ESMF) procedures
for Project PI59808: India- Proposed Amaravati Sustainable
Capital City Development Project, by both World Bank [for 300
mn USD] and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Project
PD000019-PSI-IND [for 200 mn USD]. The report also shares
the recent updates from the communities of the project area
earmarked for building the capital city.

This project has now been renamed in 2019 as Amaravati

Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development
Project (ASIIDP), in both the World Bank and AIIB project pages.

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