Coastal corridor Proposals sent to Chief Minister

RAJAHMUNDRY: The National Environmental Appraisal Committee (NEAC) and National Technical Advisory Group NTAG), have submitted their recommendations to Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on the proposed Coastal Corridor between Kakinada and Visakhapatnam.

Speaking to reporters at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies UPES) here on Friday, member of the group Dr RV Rama Rao, said the Government had entrusted the remaining work to Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC).

"We have recommended to the Government to form at least two mandals with five or four fishermen villages in the four districts for their uplift on all fronts. The funds could be directly spent on them," he said.

The Government should take steps for the welfare of the people as well as fisherman community affected by the construction of the proposed corrdior, he said.

The corridor would come up within the limits of East Godavari, Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam, at a cost of Rs 81,000 crore. Brushing aside the apprehensions about the coastal corridor, he said: "There will be no problem to the people of this area," he opinied.

Earlier, participating in a seminar conducted on Oil and Gas here on Friday, he said there were abundant opportunities in the field of oil and gas sector across the world. The offshore search for oil and gas was receving a great impetus from the exploration and development programme being taken up by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation and CAIRN companies, he said.

To protect the environment and the flora and fauna during the drilling operations, and safeguard people he suggeted the establishment of an oil spill response unit. To ward off threat posed to offshore installations from terrorist groups, he said, the Defence Ministry had established a special command FODAG.

GAIL general manager Narendra Kumar, UPES dean Doctor BP Pandey, centre director Dr KV Mohan Rao, seminar convenor Professor KV Rao and several others were participated in the seminar.

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Land Pooling for Vodarevu-Nizampatnam Industrial Corridor Begins..

The ball is set rolling by the administration for this mega venture. The following article elaborates on this further.

Industrial corridor between two ports

>> The total investment to be Rs.16,800 crore

>> It will be developed on a public-private partnership basis

>> Ancillary units to be developed to sustain the activity

GUNTUR: The ball has been set rolling for establishing an industrial corridor between Nizampatnam and Vodarevu ports. The State Government recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a United Arab Emirates- based RAK-Investment Authority and Matrix Export Private Limited to develop the corridor on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis and develop the Nizampatnam and Vodarevu ports at a stretch of 26 k.m.

The total investment in the project is expected to be Rs.16,800 crore and the scheduled period for the completion of project is six years.

Job opportunities
Sharing the details of the project, Minister for Infrastructure, Ports, and Airports Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao told reporters here on Thursday that the proposed corridor would have thermal and 2,100 M.W. gas-based power plants besides creating enormous employment opportunities. The Detailed Project Reports (DPR) of the project is under preparation, he said.

Land acquisition
“The industrial corridor will change the face of the backward coastal regions and trigger massive industrial growth,” the Minister said.

The State Government has already identified 10,000 acres to be acquired for the purpose, out of which 2,000 acres is already in the possession of the Government, while the remaining 8,000 acres will be acquired from private land holders. On the feasibility of operation and maintenance of such large ports, the Minister pointed out that development of ancillary units to sustain the activity at the ports would be the vital feature of the industrial corridor.

Good demand
There has been a heavy demand from the granite industries in Prakasam district and the exporters of cotton, chillies and tobacco in Guntur district.

The Minister also thanked the Chief Minister for raising the ceiling on insurance paid to fishermen from Rs.50,000 to Rs.2 lakh and for taking the decision to settle all the 270 pending cases. The Rs. 40 crore loans availed from cooperative societies too had been waived off by the Government, he added.

AP Inks MoU For Port-Based Industrial Corridor

The Andhra Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ras AI Khaimah (RAK) Investment Authority of the UAE and Matrix Export Pvt. Ltd for the construction of an integrated port-based industrial corridor in the State. Quoting the Andhra Pradesh Minister for Infrastructure and Ports M Venkata Ramana Rao, Exim News Service reports that the Rs 16,800-crore project is expected to incorporate an industrial complex, port facility, power plant and associated infrastructural facilities on the 26-km stretch between Nizampatnam in Guntur district and Vodarevu in Prakasam district.

According to the Minister, the project, which would come up on about 10,000 acres, would be one of the first few port-based industrial corridors in the country. The port facility, power complex, industrial complex and associated infrastructural facilities would come up on four blocks of 2,500 acres each, he added. To be completed in six years, it would create employment for between 25,000 and 50,000 people, the Minister added.