About 3.3 million people in Andhra Pradesh will have access to safe drinking water following the approval of a $400 million loan by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Board of Directors.

For instance, out of the 111 identified National Waterways, 106 were conceived in 2016 alone. An assertive Nutan Guha Biswas, Chairperson, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is confident that the statutory agency will continue to exceed its performance in 2018.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Singapore to further strengthen the ties between the Republic of Singapore and Government of AP.

Under the government´s Skill India mission, oil PSUs have initiated skill development initiatives for unemployed youth. Oil PSU members, viz., HPCL, IOCL, BPCL, ONGC, OIL, GAIL, EIL and Balmer Lawrie have come together to set up a Skill Development Institute in Visakhapatnam (SDI-Vskp).

Container Corporation of India has inaugurated port side container facility at Krishnapatnam Port. The company had earlier entered into a MoU with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to initiate three Multi-Modal Logistics Parks in Visakhapatnam, Krishnapatnam and Kakinada.

International experts on technologies and smart cities along with urban development officials from across India - constituting 600 cities, covering the100 smart cities and 500 AMRUT cities - came together at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre to participate in the National Conclave on Smart Technologies.

The Infrastructure and Investment Department of the Government of Andhra Pradesh has accorded permission to Gangavaram Port to set up an LNG terminal in a joint venture with Petronet.

The first unit of 800 MW (2x800 MW) of Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station in Krishnapatnam has been synchronised with the Power Grid. This project being executed by AP Genco is expected to partly ease up the demand supply situation in the state.

As per the information furnished by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, some Telengana leaders have represented the case related with alternative design of Polavaram Project. The proposal submitted by T. Hanumanth Rao, former Engineer-in-Chief, Andhra Pradesh and UN Consultant was examined by the State Government and found not feasible both technically and economically.