On a hot afternoon, Gudipudi Nehemaiah is busy as he gives instructions to workers giving finishing touches to the four shops facing the road. Once the workers fit iron shutters to the shops, Nehemaiah hopes to lease them out.
On the other side of the road, Veeranjaneyulu is handling a group of customers who have come for cement, steel, and bricks. He recently secured a dealership of a steel firm and opened shop by name Capital Building Enterprises.
The main road leading to the place where, in a few months, the entire administration would start functioning, is full of small shops, an Internet café here and an ATM kiosk there.
Most of the vacant spaces facing the road are now dotted with sheds and shops.
Mukhya Tulasiram is a 25-year-old youngster who is beginning to learn the nuances of business.
An MBA graduate, he started the first Internet kiosk in the village after leasing a shop on the main road two months ago and is confident of making a good business.
He is among the new generation entrepreneurs looking to tap the emerging opportunities in the notified capital region. The skyline of this small village is rapidly changing and high-rise constructions are being completed at a brisk pace.
A cattle shed has been converted into a three-storeyed building by a local entrepreneur.
A few like Nehemaiah, who has been a farmer all his life, have turned into small entrepreneurs by selling their lands at fancy prices, but have some holding in land pooling.
“Land prices, which used to be between Rs.25 lakh and Rs.30 lakh per acre, have soared to Rs.1 crore and above. After selling one acre of land for Rs.1.70 crore, I have bought three acres at Thalluru near Amaravati. I have started leasing out building material — iron frames, rods, etc. used in the construction and this business seems to fetch me good returns,” Nehemaiah says.
Veeranjaneyulu, who has also turned into an entrepreneur after giving away his extent in land pooling, has converted his old house into a shop selling cement, iron, and bricks.
“The business is definitely looking up. I am able to sell a load of cement daily and recently bagged a dealership with a steel major,” he says.
But the village located about 19 km from Vijayawada, with a vote count of 6,000, is still without major facilities.
Except for a few branches of nationalised banks, it has no hotels, shops selling essential items.
But the locals are positive.
“Let people come here first and start living here, facilities can be created later,” says Anjaneyulu.
On the other side of the road, Veeranjaneyulu is handling a group of customers who have come for cement, steel, and bricks. He recently secured a dealership of a steel firm and opened shop by name Capital Building Enterprises.
The main road leading to the place where, in a few months, the entire administration would start functioning, is full of small shops, an Internet café here and an ATM kiosk there.
Most of the vacant spaces facing the road are now dotted with sheds and shops.
Mukhya Tulasiram is a 25-year-old youngster who is beginning to learn the nuances of business.
An MBA graduate, he started the first Internet kiosk in the village after leasing a shop on the main road two months ago and is confident of making a good business.
He is among the new generation entrepreneurs looking to tap the emerging opportunities in the notified capital region. The skyline of this small village is rapidly changing and high-rise constructions are being completed at a brisk pace.
A cattle shed has been converted into a three-storeyed building by a local entrepreneur.
A few like Nehemaiah, who has been a farmer all his life, have turned into small entrepreneurs by selling their lands at fancy prices, but have some holding in land pooling.
“Land prices, which used to be between Rs.25 lakh and Rs.30 lakh per acre, have soared to Rs.1 crore and above. After selling one acre of land for Rs.1.70 crore, I have bought three acres at Thalluru near Amaravati. I have started leasing out building material — iron frames, rods, etc. used in the construction and this business seems to fetch me good returns,” Nehemaiah says.
Veeranjaneyulu, who has also turned into an entrepreneur after giving away his extent in land pooling, has converted his old house into a shop selling cement, iron, and bricks.
“The business is definitely looking up. I am able to sell a load of cement daily and recently bagged a dealership with a steel major,” he says.
But the village located about 19 km from Vijayawada, with a vote count of 6,000, is still without major facilities.
Except for a few branches of nationalised banks, it has no hotels, shops selling essential items.
But the locals are positive.
“Let people come here first and start living here, facilities can be created later,” says Anjaneyulu.
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