Andhra Journalists Urge CM Naidu to Kickstart Amaravati Housing Project

A delegation of journalists from print and electronic media has appealed to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to immediately commence the long-pending journalists' housing project in Amaravati.

The appeal was made during a meeting organised by the Amaravati Journalists Housing Society on Sunday. Society secretary P. Naga Srinivasa Rao and other members recalled that the previous TDP government had allotted 30 acres of land to the society through G.O. Ms. No. 67 in 2019. The land was later handed back to the government after an agreement with the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) to construct multi-storeyed apartments for journalists.

Subsequently, the government issued G.O. Ms. No. 107, proposing apartments in four categories on the HappyNest model. Since HappyNest and several other housing projects are currently under construction in Amaravati, the journalists unanimously urged the government to launch the journalists' housing project as well.

Housing Society director Chava Ravi pointed out that while the government is constructing houses for the poor, HappyNest apartments for the middle and upper-middle classes, APNRT Icon projects for NRIs, and allotting house sites to IAS and IPS officers, journalists should also receive similar consideration.