Visakhapatnam: Six years since Jagan Mohan Reddy scrapped the plan to develop Amaravati with Singapore firms, the Chandrababu Naidu administration has now renewed its pact with the island nation to build ‘world-class governance systems’ and a ‘future-ready capital city’ through collaborative work on urban planning, human resource development and long-term sustainable economic development.

However, the agreement is a far cry from the arrangement Naidu had with the city-state during his previous tenure. Both Singapore and Andhra Pradesh officials confirmed to ThePrint that the Singapore consortium companies would not be involved in the Amaravati start-up area development as was the plan in 2017.

According to a strategic Memorandum of Understanding between the two governments, “Singapore

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