My Brick-My Amaravati: donations touch Rs. 1.37 crore
The response to ‘A Brick’, portal calling upon people to
donate e-bricks for the construction of Capital Amaravati has been
tremendous and those interested in contributing to the Capital should
use the portal-www.amaravati.gov.in, Joint Collector Ch. Sridhar said in
a press release here on Saturday.
Dr. Sridhar said
that the donations had touched Rs.1.37 crore within less than two days
since the initiative was launched by the CM in Vijayawada. People can
purchase e brick by paying Rs.10 for each brick and the names of donors
would be captured in a capsule. He also appealed to the people not to
send bricks and instead use the web portal to buy bricks.
On
Friday, an enthusiastic businessman from Guntur Aluru Koteswara Rao
donated 1.06 lakh bricks for the construction of Capital. Most of land
owners in the CRDA region have no access to internet. The district
officials later clarified that the bricks ought to be bought only in a
portal.
The JC further said that every land owner who
had given their lands in Land Pooling Scheme would be invited with a
dhoti, sari, sweet packet and an invitation card. There are about 16,000
farmers within the CRDA region and the process of extending invitations
to them would be completed by October 19.
On October
19 evening, people from different parts of the state would assemble
opposite Acharya Nagarjuna University with the `kalasalamulu’ carrying
soil and water from all the 13 districts. On October 20, Chief Minister
N. Chandrababu Naidu would flag off the ‘Sankalpa Yatra,’ from the ANU
premises.
Donations pour in, touch Rs.1.37 crore
