Capital Amaravati Self-Sustaining Project (Self-Sustain Project). This is the phrase repeatedly mentioned by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Municipal Administration Minister Narayana. They are stating that due to the capital, there will be no burden on the people or the government... the required funds to implement this project will be raised by selling the land collected from the farmers... and debts will be repaid. On the other hand, they are also saying that the ₹15,000 crore loan being taken from the Centre, World Bank, and other financial institutions is being converted into a grant. If, at the beginning after the state's bifurcation, someone asked for donations for the capital just once, there is no need to find fault with it. Donations, after all, are given only by those who are willing, so there is no problem in that. But repeatedly asking for donations only for the capital can be a little uncomfortable for those observing. Even some senior TDP leaders are expressing the same opinion.
Because now, APCRDA, which is implementing the capital project in Andhra Pradesh, is newly requesting donations on its website under the banner "Donate for our Amaravati." Even before the government formally asked, after the coalition government came to power, a few interested individuals are directly contributing donations as well. The Telugu Desam government, which came to power for the first time after the state’s bifurcation, collected donations for the capital Amaravati. While the Secretariat was still in Hyderabad, large donation boxes were placed near the then CMO office at L Block to collect contributions. At that time, many people also gave donations for the capital. For whatever reasons, during Chandrababu’s first term, the Amaravati project did not take off as expected. After that, when YSRCP came to power, then Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy completely sidelined this project.
But now again, some officials are expressing surprise about the coalition government putting a QR code on the website to seek donations for the Amaravati capital. One official expressed astonishment, saying, “How many times will they ask for donations for the same capital?” When the Amaravati project was first initiated, Chandrababu gave a call to purchase bricks for ₹10 under the "My Brick My Amaravati" campaign. They are saying that this helped with publicity, but there are no records showing that it received a major response at the time. On one side, they are calling Amaravati a self-sustaining project, but on the other hand, asking for donations again and getting embarrassed doesn’t make sense, commented one minister. Even TDP leaders are of the opinion that repeatedly asking for donations for the Amaravati capital is not right. Another official remarked, saying it is not understandable why donations are being sought now after handing over all the key works related to Amaravati.