The Vijaywada city police closed the road from Kanakadurga temple toll gate junction to Kumaripalem centre for 30 days due to road repairs being taken up by the National Highway Authority (NHA) Officials as part of the Durga temple fly-over construction works from Wednesday midnight onwards.

In a press release here on Wednesday, city Police Commissioner D Gautam Sawang said that people, who want to travel towards Vidyadharapuram and Ibrahimpatnam from bus station, they should pass via BRP Road, Panja Centre, Chittinagar, YV Rao Estate, CVR Flyover, Sitara Junction.

He said commuters, who come to Vijayawada from Ibrahimpatinam, should pass via Gollapudi Centre, Sitara Junction, CVR Fly-over, Milk Factory, Chittinagar, Panja Centre and reach KR Market Junction. He said another route is YV Rao Estate, Pipula Road, Singh Nagar fly-over and BRTS Road for entering the city.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu offered break fast to Sichuan Province team of officials at a private hotel on his way to Mumbai in vijayawada on Wednesday. He interacted with the delegation and explained the investment opportunities and importance of Amaravati capital city and spent few minutes with Sichuan delegation led by Vice Governor Liu Jie.

On this occasion, Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the State is developing World-class connectivity and infrastructure. He said that the State is investing $200 billion in making Andhra Pradesh a logistics hub and also investing $7 billion towards development of road infrastructure. He said the State Wants to acquire a million acres for industrial development, 0.3 million acres of land have been acquired and another 0.7 million are in the anvil.

AP is only the State in India to have a large ready land bank for industry. "The State is building a strong and resilient airport and port infrastructure, we have six airports in the state and are planning to develop four new airports and a mega Aerotropolis, which will be India's gateway to India Pacific.

The State has India's second longest coast line of 974 km. The state has 6 operational ports and 7 are proposed to be developed. He welcomed the Sichuan Province team to explore companies to do business in Andhra Pradesh. Several officials were also present in the meeting.

Collector Babu.A, held a meeting with authorities of Vijayawada Airport on the issue of according permission to provide land for HCL Technologies in Kesarapalli village of Gannavaram mandal.

District Collector on Wednesday visited lands of APIIC in Kesarapalli village along with representatives of HCL Technologies. He said that he had a meeting with airport authorities as permission of Airport Authority of India was necessary to allot lands near to airport.

Babu said a proposal was under consideration to allot lands to HCL technologies and directed revenue and APIIIC officials to prepare proposals on allotment of lands.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday made a strong case for using digital technologies to empower the common man.

Nadella later launched a slew of India-centric initiatives, including a platform to connect semi-skilled workers with employers. The technology gianti also launched a lite' version of its video interaction platform Skype.

"We can celebrate technology, but if it doesn't truly empower every Indian and every Indian organisation to achieve more...We would have achieved nothing," he said. The global giant introduced the 'Sangam' platform, which is based on the world's largest professional networking site LinkedIn, also owned by the company, which will help the semi-skilled workers get job opportunities.

Naidu was also at hand to elaborate on this, and talked about how Andhra Pradesh is a "cloud-first state". Kaizala, which is a productivity tool that includes chat, tasks, groups, and a variety of actions, has been implemented by the Andhra Pradesh government across various departments.

The Chief Minister said that over 62,000 police officers in Andhra Pradesh were connected via Kaizala, which was being used to generate realtime on the ground data, and he added that it worked well on basic Android handsets, even on 2G connections.

"Ideas like this enable real-time governance," said Naidu, adding that his goal is to make the state one of the top three in India by development by 2022, and the number one by 2029.

"We Want to create 14.4 million jobs - LinkedIn has shown the way and we will sign up right away," he quipped, referring to Project Sangam. "With the Aadhaar, the finger is enough to transact anything, from health to banking." Naidu added. As of now, he continued, the state of Andhra Pradesh has deployed 10 lakh IoT devices to give real time data, and he told the audience that Andhra Pradesh officials can access a real-time dashboard to see information not just for their own department but with sharing of information to give abroader picture.