By SNV Sudhir
The officials of APIIC, the nodal agency of the state
government that facilitates land and other infrastructure for setting up of
industries, has begun an exercise to identify the unused land that was allotted
to various firms to start their activities.
In Vizag, there are three SEZs or industrial parks for IT
and ITES activities, five are general or multipurpose parks, one is earmarked
as health city and another as apparel city.
Around 11,000 acres of land was earmarked for various SEZs,
Industrial parks and clusters and most of the firms have launched activities.
APIIC officials have recently served cancellation notices to at least 80 firms
for not grounding their respective projects.
The officials said, most of these firms are either small or
medium scale enterprises into manufacturing, IT and other sectors. Each firm
was allotted land from 1 to 2 acres. Of
the 80, around 50 firms have responded to the notices served and an extension
of one year was given after they paid penalties.
“We will wait for some more time for the responses from the
remaining firms and then go ahead with the regular procedure laid down and
cancel the allotment. Most of them have paid penalties and sought extension,”
said APIIC, Zonal Manager, V Nagabhushan
Reddy.
APIIC Vizag zone is also planning two more industrial parks
and an Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in Vizag. Around 1,000 acres in
Bheemili and 200 acres in Pedagantyada near Gajuwaka was identified to develop
these industrial parks aimed at attracting investments from various
sectors. In Pedagatyada industrial park, nearly 50 acres was earmarked
exclusively for women entrepreneurs.
To develop an EMC under union telecom policy APIIC had identified around 100 acres near
Jaganandhapuram in Parawada in the district. The EMC would come up at a cost of
Rc 20 crs.
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