Hyderabad, Aug. 13 -- A four-member team from the World Bank visited Amaravati capital region of Andhra Pradesh for two days to make a preliminary study of the works being undertaken to revive the capital city project by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the state led by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

The visit of the World Bank team on Saturday and Sunday comes in the wake of the announcement made by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman in the Union budget last month, that the Centre would arrange financial support of Rs.15,000 crore to the capital city of Andhra Pradesh through multilateral development agencies during the current financial year.

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