Modi’s first visit to AP after Special Status fiasco

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Andhra Pradesh in the second week of July to lay the foundation stone for the development of a dredging harbour on the near the coast of the Bay of Bengal at Antarvedi village in East Godavari. This is the first visit of the Prime Minister to the state after going back on the Special Status promise.

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The center had also announced setting up of a dredging manufacturing unit at the same place. The state government had identified 175 acres along the coast for this project. The cost of the project is estimated to be about Rs 2000 crore. Very soon Dredging Corporation of India will sign an MOU with the state government over this.

Once the MOU is signed, the land will be handed over to DCI. The project is executed honestly by the center, it will help develop infrastructure in the area, the setting up of allied units and create job potential for the local youth in both the Godavari districts.