Amaravati, the capital of Andhra Pradesh: what it is and where it stands

The short version

When Telangana became a separate state on 2 June 2014, what was left of Andhra Pradesh had no capital. The government chose the stretch of Krishna riverbank between Vijayawada and Guntur. It set up the Capital Region Development Authority by an Act on 30 December 2014 and launched a voluntary Land Pooling Scheme in January 2015. Farmers in 29 habitations of Thullur, Mangalagiri and Tadepalli mandals handed over about 33,000 acres within six months, and the total later passed 34,000 acres. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone at Uddandarayunipalem on 22 October 2015.

The Secretariat moved into an interim complex at Velagapudi in October 2016, and the Legislature followed in March 2017. The High Court for the new state began work at Nelapadu on 1 January 2019. Then the government that came to power in 2019 paused the project and proposed three capitals. That plan was withdrawn in November 2021. In March 2022 the High Court ordered the state to develop the capital, and the government elected in 2024 restarted the work in June 2024.

Since then both the money and the law have arrived. The World Bank and ADB approved $800 million each, and HUDCO and KfW agreed to lend ₹16,000 crore between them. The Prime Minister relaunched works worth ₹58,000 crore on 2 May 2025. On 2 April 2026 Parliament passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which names Amaravati as the capital in the parent Act itself.

What is being built right now

• Government complex: the permanent Assembly (a 250 m conical tower designed by Foster + Partners and built by L&T), a new High Court complex with a 2027 target, and five Secretariat and HoD towers, four of B+G+39 floors and one of B+G+49. See Government complex.
• Roads: trunk roads on an east-west and north-south grid, and the Seed Access Road, whose second phase opened on 13 August 2026 and whose third phase was announced to start on 29 August. The Inner Ring Road is to be built under PPP. NHAI published construction tenders for the Outer Ring Road on 2 October 2026; see the tender notice. The full list is on Infrastructure.
• Farmers' layouts: ₹3,859 crore of amenities in the returnable-plot layouts across seven zones, a further ₹1,548.98 crore sanctioned for layout works in September 2026, and e-lotteries that are still handing plots to farmers. The latest we have recorded was on 25 September 2026. See Returnable plots.
• Institutions: VIT-AP, SRM-AP, Amrita and NID are working campuses. BITS Pilani has 70 acres in Mandadam and Venkatapalem, and XLRI has a reported campus proposal at Inavolu. Foundation stones for 15 banking and insurance institutions were laid in the financial district on 28 November 2025. In 2026 LIC signed for office land, NIELIT was given 8.5 acres for a quantum and AI university, and the LV Prasad Eye Institute laid its foundation stone at Abbarajupalem.
• Quantum Valley: a tech park built around IBM's 156-qubit Quantum System Two. IBM aimed to commission it by September 2026. On 3 October 2026 the Chief Minister said it would start work on 3 February 2027. See Quantum Valley.

Where the second phase of land pooling comes in

The 2015 pooling gave the city its core. In 2025 the government wrote new LPS rules, and on 27 November 2025 the Cabinet approved a second phase in seven villages. Four are in Amaravathi mandal of Palnadu district: Vykuntapuram, Pedamadduru, Endrayi, and Karlapudi with Lemalle. Three are in Thullur mandal of Guntur district: Vaddamanu, Harischandrapuram and Pedaparimi. Together they cover 16,666.57 acres of patta and assigned land. Pedaparimi alone accounts for 5,886.18 acres, the largest single share. Pooling began at Vaddamanu on 7 January 2026, and the latest village figure we have checked is from Pedamadduru: 75.07% of its target pooled by 18 September 2026. A separate new round has since started outside these seven villages, with Mothadaka notified in August 2026 and land in Kantheru and Tadikonda approved in September. See the new pooling round.

So Pedaparimi is a Phase 2 village, not one of the 29 Phase 1 habitations. Know this before anyone shows you a plot there. Read Phase 2 in detail or the Pedaparimi village page.