AP Govt Approves Land for JSW Steel Plant

Amaravati, Mar 18 (PTI) The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday approved the alienation of over 424 acres of government land in Kadapa district to facilitate the establishment of an integrated steel plant by JSW Steel, at an outlay of Rs 21 crore.

G Sai Prasad, special chief secretary (FAC), Revenue Department, said 424.4 acres of land has been formally alienated in Vemaguntapalli, Sunnapurallapalli, Peddadandluru, Kotha-kuntapalli and Thugutlapalli villages of Jammalamadugu mandal in Kadapa district.


"Government after careful examination, hereby order the alienation of the government land to an extent of 424.45 acres…in favour of APIIC (Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation) for (the) establishment of (an) Integrated Steel Plant…by JSW Steel on payment of total land cost of Rs 21.3 crore," said Prasad in a government order (GO).

The proposal to alienate land for the steel plant was placed before the Andhra Pradesh Land Management Authority (APLMA) on February 16, which resolved and recommended its alienation for setting up the industry on payment of the total cost of Rs 21.3 crore, and meeting other conditions.

According to Prasad, the demarcated land shall be utilised for the intended purpose by JSW Steel within three years and violation of conditions or non-utilisation of land will lead to the cancellation of the deal.