APIIC is in the process of setting up five large multi-product industrial parks in the state. These parks will come up in three industrial corridors spread over 42,313 acre, with funding from the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT), a Central government aided organisation.

A port has been proposed in around 3,200 acres of land at Chevuru, Ravuru, as there are huge vacant lands in the Kavali division. Officials have identified around 6,500 acres of land at Chennayapalem, Anemadugu, Thummalapenta, and other villages, close to the proposed port at Ramayapatnam.

The company has received a letter of acceptance for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project from the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Department. The project involves upgradation of canal system from Pothireddypadu head regulator and BCR complex from foreshore of Srisailam reservoir.

SCR has introduced new signalling safety standards and refurbished station masters’ rooms giving a corporate look for three stations on the recently commissioned line between Shadnagar and Gollapalli, which is a significant portion of the proposed electrified double rail link from Hyderabad to Mahabubnagar being developed by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.

The company has commencement of construction of Divis Laboratories Unit-III at Kona Forest, Ontimamidi Village in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. The company will invest about Rs. 1,500 crore out of its internal accruals in phased manner for the implementation of the project.

Incap has invited tenders for commercial operation of passenger and cargo aircraft on the greenfield airport at Dagadarthi. The low-cost, no-frills airport is to be developed under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode at a cost of Rs. 368 crore. The government has paid around Rs. 20 crore in compensation for farmers’ lands.

The steel supplier is in the process of setting up a backward integration project for sponge iron and a steel rolling mill at Madhavaram in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh for Rs. 1,200 crore. The new project is being funded through internal accruals and loans and will double the company’s manufacturing capacity.

GAIL is planning a 450-km pipeline from Kondapalli, near Vijayawada to Tirupati for supplying natural gas to industries and city gas distribution projects. Though the proposed infrastructure is for catering to consumers in Andhra Pradesh the bi-directional pipeline is expected to emerge as a crucial component of a larger natural gas pipeline network.

The tender for the Ramayapatnam port will be finalised and work assigned shortly. Work will begin in February 2021. About 15 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of cargo would be handled with four berths in the first phase at the port.