The proposed major port project at Dugarajapatnam of Vakadumandal in Andhra Pradesh may not take off because of complications in the identified site.
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Proposed port project in AP faces road block
Media reports indicate that the proposed major port project at Dugarajapatnam of Vakadu mandal in Andhra Pradesh may not take off because of complications in the identified site. A technical committee that studied the project objected the Dugarajapatnam location keeping in view the reservations expressed by the Isro scientists as well ecologists as it was close to the Pulicat Lake, a reserved bi
Centre announces 3rd manufacturing zone for AP
The Union government on May 25 promised to approve a third National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) for Andhra Pradesh. The Centre has already approved the establishment of 12 NIMZs in the country - eight on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, two in AP and one each in Karnataka and Maharashtra, said the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma.
Borrowers of MFI challenge HC order
Nine borrowers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Medak and Warangal districts of Andhra Pradesh filed a petition in the Supreme Court in early May 2013 challenging a state high court order. In February 2013, the Andhra Pradesh high court asked the state government to review a law that restricted multiple lending by MFIs to the same borro
State govt must rectify error on metro project
In order to implement the Hyderabad metro rail project successfully, the Andhra Pradesh government will have to rectify the technical error in terms of the Act governing the project. Earlier the Andhra Pradesh High Court said in its order that the project was being wrongly governed by the Tramways Act and unless it is changed to Metro Act it could not be called 'Metro
Kakinada old port suffers from poor infrastructure
Sources from the Kakinada anchorage (old) port in Andhra Pradesh informed that the infrastructure facilities need to be upgraded to attract more cargo. It may be noted that the port traditionally depends on rice and maize export cargo and volume of these cargoes declined of late
Andhra govt sets up panel to process RAY
In order to implement the Rajiv Awas Yojana, the Andhra Pradesh government set up a state-level nodal agency (SLNA), Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA). Various Urban local bodies in the state are submitting the detailed project reports (DPRs) under the scheme to MEPMA. The state government also set up a DPR Appraisal Committee headed by commissioner and director of muni
Proposed port in AP to boost cargo volume from east coast
Industry chambers feel that the proposed Rs 8,000 crore major port in at Dugarajapatnam in Vakadu 'mandal' or block of Andhra Pradesh may boost export and import from the east coast and contribute to the economic progress of the state. It may be noted that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently cleared the proposed port project, which is coming up on a 5,000 acre land in the stat
AP ports lose share in pharma exports to western ports
PV Appaji, Director General of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) informed that many Andhra Pradesh-based pharma companies preferred Western ports, mainly JNPT, to export their drugs. This lead to a fall in drug volumes handled by ports in Andhra Pradesh. Pharma exports from ports in the state declined to 18 percent as compared to 22 percent in 201
CCEA clears two major port projects
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the setting up of two major ports, one each in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. The ports would be set up in at Sagar Island, West Bengal and at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. According to a government press release, the existing port facilities at Kolkata and Haldia are riverine ports and are f