India, Nov. 30 -- HYDERABAD: The Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has made it clear that it doesn't want to spend huge sums of public money on Amaravati, as it was neither possible nor economically viable. The capital city project as conceived and launched by the previous Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP government has been put on hold for now.

The Amaravati city project has received investment proposals from all over the country as well as some foreign countries like Singapore. However, all the ongoing works were stopped since 30 May, when Jagan took over as Chief Minister.

This clarification came from Andhra Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy while also attacking former Chief Minister and TDP pres...