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The Hindu
02-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
NCC, Shapoorji & Pallonji, and L&T to build five towers in Amaravati at ₹3,673 crore
The 48th Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at the Secretariat on Monday, approved the selection of NCC Limited for the construction of the GAD Tower and Shapoorji & Pallonji and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for the construction of Head of Department (HoD) Towers 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 respectively at a total cost of ₹3,673 crore. Announcing it in a press conference on Monday, Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana said NCC emerged as the lowest bidder for the GAD Tower by quoting a sum of ₹882 crore, while Shapoorji & Pallonji and L&T were the lowest bidders for the HoD Towers 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 by offering to build them for ₹1,488 crore and ₹1,303 crore. The CRDA approved the issue of Letters of Agreement to them with the mandate to begin the works immediately. The construction of these five administrative towers had begun during 2014-19 but had come to a grinding halt after the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) came to power. The NDA government now focused on their construction and cleared all the legal hurdles that came in their way. These towers were so planned that the Ministers and all HoDs concerned would be seated in the same building for the convenience of the public approaching them. Amaravati airport Mr. Narayana said the CRDA also gave permission for the construction of an international airport on 5,000 acres in the capital with a vision for the next 50 to 100 years. An airport of such scale was mainly essential for investors to easily travel to Amaravati, the Minister said, while pointing out that Mr. Chandrababu Naidu's decision to build the international airport at Shamshabad had been heckled by his critics but time proved them wrong. Land for smart industries Further, Mr. Narayana said the CRDA cleared the proposed allotment of 2,500 acres for smart industries in Amaravati that would give a fillip to the value of lands pooled from the farmers. Besides, an international sports city was planned to be developed, and it was decided to extend the rules and regulations applied to the original master plan of 217 square kilometres of the capital region, to more lands which the government contemplated to take through the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS). So far, farmers came forward to give 24,000 acres more under the LPS. Additional funding As far as external funding of the Amaravati project was concerned, Mr. Narayana said the government was hopeful of raising ₹5,000 crore from various banks and lending institutions in addition to ₹15,000 crore already sanctioned by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank and ₹11,000 crore approved by HUDCO. Asked whether the government was trying to rope in the Government of Singapore (GoS) for the development of Amaravati, he replied in the affirmative, while stating that the GoS officials who helped the A.P. government during 2014-19 in preparing the Amaravati master plan and related activities were sceptical due to bitter experience they had during the YSRCP regime.
WIRED
01-05-2025
- WIRED
Lenovo's Legion Go S Portable Gaming Console Needs a Better OS
Since the graphical settings here are basically turned all the way down already, if you want to play the latest games, you'll have to compromise by dropping the resolution. I didn't find the medium option of 1,600x1,000 that compelling, and a few games didn't support it at all. At 1,280x800, I was hanging out more comfortably in the 45+ range, which felt playable, but none of the modern 3D games I tested were able to break 60 FPS to really take advantage of the high-refresh panel. One other callout I want to make, which I believe is related to CPU performance, is the 'Shaders Compiling' process that runs when you launch some new games takes an extremely long time on the Go S. I noticed it when I first launched Marvel Rivals, and used a well-timed update to time it. It took over 14 minutes to complete, long enough that my friends would already be playing without me by the time I got to the main menu. Photograph: Brad Bourque The fans on the Legion Go S are also surprisingly loud, particularly in performance mode, enough that the person sitting next to you on the bus will probably keep looking over to wonder whether you're cooking something. They're a bit quieter on the balanced setting, but that causes the GPU and CPU temps to quickly hit 80 degrees under load. Battery life isn't too bad compared to similar systems. I got two hours and change of runtime playing Marvel Rivals at full resolution and refresh, on Balanced power, with the screen brightness at 35%. I got well over three hours just jamming games of Balatro with the same settings. That's about the same as I get playing similar games on my Steam Deck, but with a higher resolution and refresh screen, so I'd call that a solid victory for the Legion Go S. A Real Windows Handheld? I can see some of you licking your chops about a proper Windows handheld, and I don't blame you. If you're willing to put in some effort, the Legion Go S could be the centerpiece of a very slick portable desktop setup. I can totally imagine having a setup for home with an external GPU and high-end monitor, playing some games on the way to the office, then plugging in at my desk with more productivity-focused peripherals. The biggest barrier here is definitely Windows, and the distinct lack of support for this kind of device, which may make the SteamOS version more appealing to casual gamers. Lenovo put some effort into making tools that help make the experience work better, but even those need some polish for usability and responsiveness. Still, the screen is a distinct upgrade from the Steam Deck, even if you won't get to really use it except while playing Terraria .
