Vijayawada: The State government is planning nodal corridors to connect the three major industrial corridors approved the Centre. This move is taken in a bid to develop industries. The AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) will act as a nodal organisation for industrial development. With as many as 16 major industrial projects, several industrial cities and townships in the pipeline, the industrial development prospects look brighter.
It may be noted that Union government has cleared three industrial corridors; Visakhapatnam – Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC), Chennai – Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC), and Kurnool –Bengaluru Industrial corridor (KBIC). In the wake of this development the State government has planned to develop 7 nodal corridors connecting these 3 national majors.
Orvakal in Kurnool, Krishnapatnam in Nellore, Hindupur in Anantapur, Srikalahasti – Yerpedu in Chitoor, Gannavaram – Kankipadu in Krishna, Kakinada, and Visakhapatnam nodes will be developed by the State as the nodal corridors. It is learnt that the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu planned cluster-based approach for industrial development and employment generation. To make it a reality 16 major projects have been conceived.
These projects include electronic manufacturing cluster at Gurrampalem in Visakhapatnam; integrated industrial manufacturing cluster in Visakhapatnam; integrated IT township in Kapuluppada, Visakhapatnam; integrated industrial manufacturing cluster in Nakkapalli, Visakhapatnam; mega food park in Krishna; industrial park in Nandigama, Krishna; PPP for regional development enterprise in Donakonda, Prakasam; national investment & manufacturing zone in Pamuru, Prakasam; ultra mega food processing park in Kurnool; mega industries hub in Orvakallu, Kurnool; industrial cluster in Palasamudram, Anantapur; model industrial park in Naidupet, Nellore; national investment and manufacturing zone in Chittoor; ceramic cluster in Chittoor; electronic manufacturing cluster in Tirupati, Chittoor; industrial corridor in Yerpedu, Chittoor and industrial corridor in Srikalahasti, Chittoor.
During the recently held Collectors’ conference, a detailed discussion was held to unveil these projects at the earliest. The government has appointed district collectors as executive directors of APIIC and entrusted them with the responsibility of land acquisition and protection, investment facilitation and industrial promotion. In this regard a GO 27 was released on February 10.
*As many as seven nodal corridors are mooted to connect VCIC, CBIC and KBIC
*16 major projects are envisaged in these nodal corridors
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