VP pitches for decentralised development to stem distress

Amidst the ongoing controversy in Andhra Pradesh over the YSRCP government's move to have three different capitals, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stressed on the need for decentralized development to stem distress migration.

"Development has to be distributed and more focus should be on rural areas to check migration," the Vice-President remarked.

Venkaiah Naidu was delivering the convocation address at the first Convocation of the National Institute of Technology at Tadepalligudem in West Godavari district.

"I am not talking about the politics and the controversy about the capital. That's an administrative matter. It is for you people to decide," he said.

Noting that urbanisation has become a reality, the Vice- President said there was hence a need to "decentralise, distribute and redevelop."
The Vice-President said the cities must grow "inclusively and sustainably."