The state has allocated Rs.720 crore for modernisation of Kurnool Government General Hospital and Kurnool Medical College under the Naadu-Nedu programme. The proposals along with designs have been sent for approvals, and the civil works are like to start in August this year.

A state level cancer institute, being constructed in collaboration with the Tata Foundation, is coming up in the premises of Kurnool Medical College. Once the constructions works are completed, the Kurnool GGH would become the largest health care centre in the state.

Proposes to set up a 10 million tonne capacity steel plant in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.

Kadapa Steel Plant (KSP), to be developed by a special purpose vehicle (SPV) AP High Grade Steels (APHGSL), will have a government equity share of Rs. 500 crore. KSP will be set up a cost of Rs. 15,000 crore. The plant with three million tpa production capacity will be completed in three years in Sunnapurallapalli village.

Plans to construct a 7-km long closed conveyor facility for handling coal, which will help avoid the movement of vehicles carrying coal near Jnanapuram Bridge, as part of pollution control measures. The estimated cost of the conveyor is Rs. 70 crore to Rs. 100 crore on BOT (build-operate-transfer) basis.

Has approved plans for five new opencast mining projects. The board also cleared proposals for expansions of Dorley OCP and GDK-7 LEPOC in Godavarikhani, besides over burden contract for JVROC-2 in Kothagudem and a KKOC project in Mandamarri.

APSPDCL plans to construct 23 substations in Chittoor district. SPDCL officials have identified the sites to construct seven new substations in Tirupati at a cost of Rs. 30 crore.

South Central Railway has commissioned and operationalised the second railway line between Zangalapalli and Chigicherla with electrification, which is part of the Gooty-Dharmavaram Doubling Project.

Apollo Tyres has commissioned its seventh unit globally. The facility is located in Chinnapanduru village in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, spread over 256 acres. Capacity will be ramped up gradually as demand improves. By 2022, the company aims this plant to have a capacity of 15,000 passenger car tyres and 3,000 truck-bus radials per day.