Guntur, Aug. 14 -- YSR Congress Party Guntur district president and former minister Ambati Rambabu on Friday said that Amaravati was being projected as a magnificent capital while, in reality, it had become a "mega loot project" built on inflated estimates, massive borrowings, and contractor-driven expenditure.

Addressing the media at his camp office in Guntur, he said he was not indulging in political mudslinging and challenged the coalition government to answer the figures he placed before the public.

Rambabu said the Seed Access Road itself exposes the scale of expenditure, with Rs.1,519 crore being spent on just 21.77 km. Phase-I, covering 14.21 km, was sanctioned in 2017 for Rs.285 crore, of which Rs.185 crore had already been spen...