The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is going to construct a replica of the Tirumala temple at the PWD Grounds in Vijayawada for Krishna Pushkarams. The temple premises is going to come in 4.8 acres with a width of 82 feet and a height of 130 feet. There would be four queue lines, with around 500 mts each. The temple would be opened in all the pushkar days from morning 4.00 AM to Evening 10.00 PM.

Approximately one lakh people can do the darshan every day. The TTD will spend Rs. 1.85 crore for the civil works and Rs. 78 lakh for the electrical works, according to TTD Joint Executive Officer Srinivasa Raju.

The works are started on Sunday and this would be completed within 40 days.

With majority of the government departments shifted from Hyderabad to Amaravati, here are the list of department and their addresses where they are located.

Departments & Offices in Vijayawada:

• APIIC Department - Gurunanak Colony Road, Near to Fun Times Road, Vijayawada
• IT Department - BMPS Road, Prasadampadu, Vijayawada
• Fisheries Department - Opposite Old Police Station, Penamaluru, Vijayawada
• CE, Central Designing Organisation - Near Iron Yard, Housing Board Colony, Bhavanipuram, Vijayawada
• BC Commission - Near A+ Convention Center, Benz Circle, Vijayawada
• Rasthra Pranalika Sangham - Sri Nilayam, Nara Chandrababu Naidu Colony, Benz Circle, Vijayawada
• Directorate of Prosecution - Museum Road, Vijayawada
• Prohibition and Excise - Near Devi Plaza, Prasadampadu, Vijayawada
• MD, State Beverages Corporation - Near Devi Plaza, Prasadampadu, Vijayawada
• Enforcement Directorate - Near Devi Plaza, Prasadampadu, Vijayawada
• Panchayati Raj, Rural Development - Charitasri Hospital Building, Suryaraopet, Vijayawada
• Engineer in Chief, Panchayati Raj - Zilla Parishad Guest House, MG Road, Vijayawada
• Engineer in Chief, Rural Water Supply - Vasudha Complex, Gollapudi Road - 1, Vijayawada
• Tribal Welfare Department - Maruthi Nagar, Eluru Road, Vijayawada
• Technical Education Department - ANR Towers, Prasadampadu, Vijayawada
• Counter Intelligence - Popular Shoe Mart Building, 3rd Lane, LIC Colony, Gunadala, Vijayawada
• Director of Boilers - Opposite Telephone Exchange, Autonagar, Vijayawada
• Engineer in Chief, Irrigation Department - Irrigation Department Office, Near to CM Camp Office, Near PWD Grounds, Vijayawada
• Civil Supplies Department - Jain Colony Road, Near Ayyappa Swamy Temple, Gollapudi, Vijayawada
• Office of the Controller of Legal Metrology - Surya Bhavan, Sion Bible High School Road, Near ESI Hospital, Gunadala, Vijayawada
• Sanghika Sankshema sakha - AVS Reddy Road, Government Junior College Premises, Payakapuram, Vijayawada
• DGP Office - Beside Courts, Gopal Reddy Road, Suryaraopet, Vijayawada
• State Disaster Response and Fire Department - Beside Police Control Room, Vijayawada
• RTC Department - Pandit Nehru Bus Stand, Vijayawada
• Sports Department - Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Vijayawada
• Intermediate Department - Opposite NTR Health University, Old Kranthi College Building, Currency Nagar, Vijayawada
• Commercial Taxes Department - Yanamalakuduru Road, Vijayawada
• Employment Office - ITI College Premises, Vijayawada
• Director of Medical Education - Old Government Hospital Premises, Vijayawada
• AP Para Medical Board - Old Government Hospital Premises, Vijayawada
• Industrial Department - Beside Andhra Hospital, Gollapudi, Vijayawada
• Labour Department - Near Good Morning Hotel, Papayya Street, Seetarampuram, Papayya Street, Vijayawada
• Transport Department - Pandit Nehru Bus Stand, Vijayawada
• Roads and Buildings - Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada
• Jails Department - Gulabithota, Vijayawada
• ACB Department - Pandit Nehru Bus Stand, Vijayawada
• Department Structure of Youth Advancement - Ramavarappadu, Vijayawada
• IR & PR - State Guest House, Suryaraopet, Vijayawada
• Coconut Development Board - Near ZP High School, Rajula Bazar, Ramavarppadu, Vijayawada
• Kapu Corporation - Dornakal Road, Vijayawada
• Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation - Benz Circle, Vijayawada
• Women Empowerment - Gollapudi, Vijayawada
• Warehousing Corporation - 5 route, Vijayawada
• Abkari Commissioner Office - Prasadampadu, Vijayawada
• Customs Department - Stalin Corporation Building, Backside Autonagar Bus Stand, Vijayawada
• Income Tax Department - Stalin Corporation Building, Backside Autonagar Bus Stand, Vijayawada

Departments & Offices in Guntur:

• Agriculture Department - Mirchi Yard, Chuttugunta Center, Guntur
• Marketing Department - Mirchi Yard, Chuttugunta Center, Guntur
• Sahakara Sakha - Skylark Towers, Syamala Nagar, Guntur
• Minor Irrigation Department - Chuttugunta Center, Guntur
• Municipal Administration - Gorantla, Guntur
• Forest Department - Polakampadu, Mangalagiri Road, Guntur
• Endowments and Temples - Pedakakani, Guntur
• AP Police Battalion Head Office - Mangalagiri Battalion, Guntur
• AP NEDCAP - Mangalagiri, Guntur
• Pattana Pranalika Department - Gorantla, Guntur

Swedish luxury car maker Volvo Auto India is has opened its first dealership in Vijayawada. This is Volvo Cars biggest dealership in India. It was inaugurated today in the presence of Mr Jari Kohonen, Volvo Cars Group VP, Asia- Pacific and Mr Tom von Bonsdorff, Managing Director, Volvo Auto India.

This has been come up near Sri Chaitanya College, NH-5, Nidamanuru, Vijayawada. The showroom is spread over an area of over 26,000 Sq Ft, across 3 floors. The dealership under the name of Sai Ram Krishna Cars Pvt Ltd, is owned by Mr. Manoj Krishna, who also co-owns Volvo Cars dealership at Vishakhapatnam.

Volvo Cars are priced (Ex-showroom, Vijayawada) at:-

• XC90 starting from INR 70.96
• XC60 starting from INR 44.8
• S60 starting from INR 30.88
• S60 Cross Country INR 38.9
• V40 starting from INR25.5
• V40 Cross country starting from INR 27.3

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has allotted plots to farmers who contributed farm land for the proposed capital city. The allotment process has been done through a software which has automatically allocated the plots to the farmers through lottery. Farmers are also very happy for the easy and transparent process of plot allocation.

Below is the process:

• The AP Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA), after an intense technical exercise built an software application.
• CM has opened the software and clicked on allotment, which has facilitated the allotment through a lottery.
• Immediately after this an automatic SMS is auto-triggered to the farmers of the same.
• The allotment papers are also generated and handed over to the farmers immediately. There are 10 counters to distribute the allotment papers, based on the SMS.