State government is contemplating to set up a petro chemical corridor in the coastal area shortly. Minister for major industries J. Geeta Reddy announced this while responding to a query from local MLA Routhu Surya Prakasa Rao during question hour in the State Legislative Assembly. In a statement issued by the legislator here on Wednesday, a coastal petro chemical corridor spread over about 175 km distance, connecting Kakinada and Visakhapatnam at a cost of Rs 60,000 crores, would be coming up.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/state-petro-chemical-corridor
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/petrochemical-industry
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh