Andhra Pradesh chief minister, K Rosaiah, has agreed to hand over the land already allotted for a new shipping technology unit at Visakhapatnam as and when required. He gave this assurance to shipping secretary, APVN Sharma, who called on him on Saturday.
The chief minister said the state government would extend all support to the Centre for establishment of public sector units and would provide the necessary infrastructure facilities including power and water at lower tariff.
According to an official press release, the new shipping unit will meet the requirements of even the defence forces. The chief minister will request the Union government to complete the project in time. Rosaiah also recalled that the Centre had agreed to establish the second unit of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant at a cost of Rs 9,000 crore besides setting up a Central Law University.
Meanwhile, the Food Corporation of India has agreed to procure an additional levy of 500,000 tonnes of rice from Andhra Pradesh, FCI chairman, DK Panwar, told Rosaiah.
The chief minister said additional godown space would be created by using the private godowns with a 5-year guarantee scheme to store the procured rice.
