Andhra Pradesh government has received in-principle approval for five projects entailing Rs 66.06 crore under the Cluster Development Programme. The Central government has given a grant of Rs 36.86 crore.
The projects will boost the establishment of micro and small-scale industrial enterprises by improving existing industrial estates and also creating new ones. The projects will come up in Chittoor, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts.
Of the five, one will include a common facility centre (CFC) which offers services to units of printing cluster in Tirupati.
The other two will focus on upgrading estates in Gajuwaka of Visakhapatnam and Singarayakonda while the remaining two will target on developing new industrial estates at Peddapuram in East Godavari and Gandrajupalli in Chittoor district, respectively.
Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) already has the land in its possession for the new estates and it will soon develop infrastructure for the units to come up.