New Delhi, May 2 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2 relaunched the construction works for Amaravati, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. Modi also laid the foundation stone for various projects across the state, including in Amaravati, worth Rs.57,962 crore.

The projects include the construction of five towers of the Amaravati Government Complex, the High Court, and the Legislative Assembly Building, to name a few.

Naidu proposed Amaravati as a futuristic capital, strategically located between Vijayawada and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

Modi had laid the foundation stone of Amaravati for the first time way back on October 22, 2015, in his first term as PM, during an event in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. The then TDP government...