amaravati tourism minister muttamsetti srinivasa rao avanti on friday said the government has decided to construct ultramodern convention centres at shilparamam he said they were readying plans to design shilparamam projects to make them biggest attraction and rope in tourists from across the globe the minister launched the shilparamam website at the secretariat on friday speaking to media avanti said that eight projects were completed in the state and they were planning construct at least one such project in each district shilparamam projects are presently located in tirupati kadapa pulivendula ananthapuram puttaparthi visakhapatnam vizianagaram and kakinada we will add more such projects in other districts he said the minister said the crafts village projects were chiefly planned to create sustainable livelihoods for artisan community and preserve cultural traditions he added they would also establish centres of visual arts creativity crafts and culture to create awareness about art from ap involving public especially women in the preservation of their rich cultural heritage is the main agenda behind shilparamam projects he said