Surbana, Jurong Int'l to master-plan new Indian city

Andhra Pradesh's new capital city, costing about one trillion rupees, will be more than 10 times the size of Singapore

Lee U-Wen

Published Mon, Jan 12, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

SURBANA International Consultants and Jurong International have been named as the master planners for the new capital city that will be built in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

The announcement was made on Monday by S Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade and Industry - currently in India for a four-day visit - and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.

According to a joint statement by Surbana and Jurong International, this landmark project will be the first large-scale internat…