The new Land Acuquisition act 2014 approved by the parliament during previous UPA government regime has becomes now a major hurdle in acquiring the lands for building the new capital city and for other infrastructure development activities for the AP government. According to the new act, government has to go through a very lengthy process to acquire the lands from private persons and the farmers that may take not less than a couple of years. Moreover there are several clauses that guarantee job opportunities, price equivalent to current market prices, legal rights, very attractive compensation etc. There is also lengthy process created in the new act for taking consent of the land owners.

So, Andhra Pradesh government which needs huge lands for building the new capital city and for developing the infrastructure facilities finds this new act very hard to implement. So, the state government is planning to utilize the available government lands first instead of going for private land acquisition. This will also eases the financial burden on the state government.

So, Deputy Chief Minister KE Krishna Murthy asked all the districts collectors to submit reports on available government lands, assigned lands and other lands that can be utilized for building the new capital and infrastructure development.

Simultaneously, the state government is also writing a letter to Centre appealing for relaxation in the new Land Acquisition (RR) Act. Probably, NDA government may consider its request because, it may receive the same kind of requests from other state governments also in the coming days, as it is planning for various development activities in a very large scale all over the country. In case, if the NDA government is averse to change the new Land Acquisition (RR) Act, then the state government has to plan its development activities utilizing the available government lands in the state.