VIJAYAWADA: At last, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has approved the designs of the Legislative Assembly and High Court buildings to come up in the Government Administrative Complex in the capital region of Amaravati. Representatives of the London-based Foster and Partners tasked with designing the buildings coming up in the complex presented their models before the Chief Minister at his camp office here on Wednesday. Interestingly, the CM asked for the designs of the Assembly Secretariat and the High Court to be swapped.
As per the designs submitted, the High Court building is diamond-shaped and the Assembly Secretariat (located at the centre of the administrative capital) like a Buddhist stupa.However, the Chief Minister opined that it was the Assembly which should bear resemblance to a diamond, saying the plan should be “a reflection of the historic Kohinoor, which was born in this very land”.
“We have lost the Kohinoor, but people should feel happy with the diamond-shaped Assembly,” he said. Stating that the stupa signifies happiness, he said nothing spreads contentment like justice does. “`People will feel happy if they get justice. Everyone should feel that they will get justice after entering the High Court building, which will be a replica of stupa,” he said.
Announcing that the Justice City, which will be a part of nine cities of Amaravati, would be equal to Hong Kong andLondon, he said the government would invite famous institutions like National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) and ivy league law agencies from across the world to develop the city into one of the best in the world. “I am excited that we have reached the final stage.
Not only in India, but people all over the world have high expectations of this city, which will be developed into one among the five best cities in the world. No one has ever built a city of this scale from scratch,” the Chief Minister said. The instructed Foster and Partners to plan the city square such that it would be a special attraction and a commercial centre of the state capital with restaurants, shopping malls, theatres, sports and recreation, among others.