AP to speed up shifting of depts to Amaravati

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet today gave its approval to the proposal to speed up the process of shifting of various government departments to Amaravati, according to reports.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu chaired the cabinet meeting here today.

The cabinet also decided to supply 7 hours of power to farmers for agriculture activities.

With regards to the construction of Machilipatnam port, the cabinet felt that there would be a need to collect 14,000 acres of land for the port.