Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday asked the Industries and other departments like Tourism, Information Technology and Communications and Energy to speed up the projects for which proposals were received during the Partnership Summit – 2012.
In a review meeting held with ministers and officials at the State Secretariat, the Chief Minister discussed the proposals received and the MoUs signed during the Partnership Summit-2012. He directed the officials to cautiously deal with the cases where land acquisition was involved. He said that public interest should be protected simultaneously with the industrial development. He cautioned that whenever the industrialists were acquiring the land on their own, the officials should help them but in cases where the land has to be acquired by the government, extra precaution should be taken.
It may be recalled that a total of 243 investments proposals for establishing 265 units were received during the Partnership Summit-2012. The project investment was for Rs 6,49,432.38 crs with an employment potential of 6,78,597.
The officials explained the Chief Minister about the progress of projects and the problems being faced by them in grounding them. He asked the officials to help the investors and industrialists to establish their units and wanted to know if anything has to be done from the State Government side. He assured that he would take up with the Centre regarding any permission and other clearances.
About the Mannavaram Project, the Chief Minister wanted the officials to pursue the matter and ensure that it is established as planned.
Major Industries Minister J Geetha Reddy, Tourism Minister Vatti Vsantha Kumar, IT&C Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Principal Secretary (Industries) D Srinivasulu and other officials attended the meeting.
–Agencies