YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has proposed an alternative to Amaravati as the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, suggesting a 110-kilometre urban corridor stretching from Machilipatnam to Vijayawada and Guntur be declared the State's capital area.
The region, named 'Mavigun', could be developed as an integrated capital zone, unlocking long-term economic and infrastructural growth, Jagan argued.
He claimed that the current Amaravati project is financially unviable, with costs estimated to rise to ₹2 lakh crore, and that the government had failed to deliver on promises made to farmers who gave land under the pooling scheme.
Jagan also accused the government of inflating costs and questioned the financial viability of the project, stating that Andhra Pradesh is already under severe financial stress and debt burden.
