AP govt to build industrial park in Atmakur

Nellore, Sept 21 (KNN) The Andhra Pradesh (AP) government will build a state-of-the-art industrial park at Narampet in Atmakur mandal shortly in an area of 173 acres which would generate avenues for 2,000 locals of the state.

While laying the foundation stone for the park here on Sunday, Minister for Industries and Information Technology Mekapati Goutham Reddy said ''The park would be initially developed in 87 acres and it would generate avenues for 2,000 local unemployed and revenue for the upland mandals of Atmakur and Udayagiri Assembly segments.''

The Minister said that the government would complete the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) park within one-and-a-half years and measures would be taken to provide all amenities in the industrial parks and plastic furniture making units.

Reddy further said that the state government is setting up either MSME park or food processing unit in each segment for local development and providing employment opportunities for local youth.

He also said the self-help groups in Atmakur constituency have been benefited with Rs 13.05 crore under the YSR Aasara scheme.

Collector K V N Chakradhar Babu, Sullurpet MLA K Sanjeevaiah, Gudur MLA V Vara Prasad Rao, Executive Director of the APIIC Prathap Reddy, Atmakur RDO P Suvarnamma and others were also present.