Initiatives undertaken in the state of

by

ANDHRA PRADESH

SH. SURESH PRABHU (2014-18)

KakinadaYanam (PUDUCHERRY)

TAMIL NADU

KARNATAKA

TELANGANA

CHHATTISGARHODISHA

Amaravati

Simhachalam

Machilipatnam

Eluru

Kurnool

Guntakal

Anantapur Cuddapah

Chittoor

Guntur

SrikakulamVizianagaram

State Boundary

District Boundary

Railway Line

District HQ

ANDHRA PRADESH RAILWAY MAP

MP (RS) FROM ANDHRA PRADESH (TENURE FROM 22.06.2016 TO 21.06.2022)

As Minister of Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhu Sanctioned several projects in the Ministry of Railways

for the state of Andhra Pradesh

ANDHRA PRADESH R A I L W AY SStrategic initiatives taken from 2016-17 are detailed out across 4 levels:

Capital Investments

New Lines

Freight Improvements

Passenger Amenities

Annual average capital investment tripled increased by

01CAPITAL

INVESTMENTS

195%

2009-14

`886 CRORE

2014-17

`2620 CRORE

02NEW LINES, DOUBLING &

ELECTRIFICATION

New railway lines were completed between 2014-17, 6 times of what was achieved

in 2009-14

Total unmanned LCs eliminated from 2014-17

Road-Over bridges were completed from 2014-17

New trains were sanctioned started in 2014-2017

207 KMs

211

13

17

03FREIGHT

IMPROVEMENTS

3 private sidings were commissioned in the period 2014-17

High speed network access Wi-fi was provided at 15 stations

6 railway stations are completely DiGiPAY stations i.e., cashless transactions can be made through BHM, RuPay, Debit Cards etc.

04PASSENGER AMENITIES

Passenger security improved with CCTV cameras being installed at 27

major Railway Stations

676 cases left behind luggage being returned were registered in

2017 as against 65 in 2014

In 2014-17, new station buildings were constructed at 4 stations

The facility of foldable ramp and wheelchairs has been provided to enable

the differently-abled passengers

All-important A1, A and B category stations have been provided with

Mechanised Cleaning arrangements

373 railways stations were provided with LED lighting between 2014 and 2017

In the three years from 2014 to 201719 foot over bridges were constructed

16 escalators were provided6 lifts were installed

19 platform extensions were completed

Shri Suresh Prabhu took over the charge as Minister of Commerce and Industry on 4th September 2017 and within a short span, he took various initiatives which will go a long way to put Andhra Pradesh on the fast track of development

AP INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

3 PROJECTS WERE LAUNCHED AND BUDGET ALLOCATED

01EXPORT

PROMOTIONSanctioned and released on 12th September 2017 for establishment of Common Scientific Facilities in Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone, Visakhapatnam

`4 crores

Foundation was laid for the development of two industrial

clusters in the state to develop an automobile manufacturing hub.

worth of MoU for projects were undertaken at the event, and are

expected to generate over 11 Lakh jobs in this area

`4.30 lakh crore

02CII PARTNERSHIP

SUMMIT

Laid Foundation Stone on in 25th February 2018 for the establishment of Regional Centre of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and Indian Institute of Packaging ((IIP) at the Kakinada, AP

These Centres will help meet the demand of the prospective students of Southern Region as there is no high class institute offering courses in international business in this part of the country

Land for both the Centres have been allotted and possession taken over

03INDIAN INSTITUTE

OF FOREIGN TRADE & INDIAN INSTITUTE

OF PACKAGING

AP INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

2 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WERE PUT ON THE FAST TRACK

Fast tracking of the Krishnapatnam node in Andhra Pradesh for which the Shareholder’s Agreement and State Support Agreement stand executed and detailed master planning and preliminary engineering activities are underway. The final report is expected by September, 2018.

Hon. Minister has already sanctioned a project for

which `5 crores have been released and `2.50 crores

is already spent

MPLAD

01CHENNAI BENGALURU INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR

ANDHRA PRADESH

TAMIL NADU

Bengaluru Chennai

KARNATAKA

Krishnapatnam

Palamaner

Bangarpet

HoskoteChittoor

Envisaged as part of East Coast Economic Corridor linking Kolkata Chennai – Tuticorin

For Andhra Pradesh, Conceptual Development Plan has been completed by ADB and master planning for two sites i.e., Nakkapalli (4,909 acres) and Atchutapuram (2,793 acres) was undertaken. The other prioritized node is Srikalahasti-Thottambedu Node (26,258 acres)

ADB approved a loan of $631 million to support projects and policy reforms for the VCIC in Sept. 2016

02VIZAG - CHENNAI INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR

FOUR INDUSTRIAL NODES

Tamil NaduAndhra PradeshNH16 alignment

Vishakhapatnam

East GodavariWest GodavariKrishnaGuntur

Prakasam

ChittoorTiruvallur

Chennai

Kadapa Nellore

1

23

5

6

8

910

11

7

4

Vishakhapatnam Node

Kakinada Node

Gangavaram-Kankipadu Node

Yerpedu-Srikalahasti Node