Mekapati takes part in struggle committee’s padayatra The movement for the public sector sea port project at Ramayapatnam in Prakasam district has gathered steam with the main opposition party, the YSR Congress, rallying behind the Ramayapatnam Port Sadhana Committee that is gearing up for a “do-or-die battle” to achieve the demand. Joining the padayatra from

PDDF, CPI chalking out plans to bring pressure on Central, State govts. to start Ramayapatnam project work : People of Prakasam district expected rapid port-based industrial development when the previous Congress government in the State recommended to the Centre to locate the second major port on the east coast at Ramayapatnam. Though the Centre’s decision

Dugarajapatnam virtually out of the race with VPT reportedly finding it unsuitable : Hopes revived for early grounding of the Ramayapatnam seaport as a Central project in the wake of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust, a major stakeholder in the second public sector sea port sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh, reportedly finding Dugarajapatnam, the site selected for

Prakasam district, formed by bringing together most backward parts of Kurnool, Nellore, and Guntur districts over four decades ago for speedy development, has missed out on the development front in the united Andhra Pradesh. A series of big ticket projects announced by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on the Floor of the Assembly after bifurcation

District celebrates its 47th Formation Day Ministers Ganta Srinivasa Rao and Sidda Raghava Rao led the people of Prakasam district in celebrating the 47th District Formation Day on Tuesday. The Ministers, along with MLAs D. Janardhana Rao and D. Balaveeranjaneyaswamy and MLCs Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and Vitapu Balasubramanium, paid floral tributes to the late Tanguturi

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated steps to develop 10 new ports in the state, the Legislative Assembly was informed today. The 10 new ports are Bhavanapadu Port, Narsapur Port, Ramayapatnam Port, Machilipatnam Port, Kakinada SEZ Port (captive), Meghavaram Port (captive), Nakkapalli Port (captive), Nizampatnam and Vodarevu and Dugarajapatnam Port. The Centre has been

Hopes revived for the early grounding of the Ramayapatnam port, with a Central team visiting the project site to conduct a fresh feasibility study on Thursday. The location of sea port at Ramayapatnam in Prakasam district is in the final stage of clearance by the Center. The team, headed by B.M. Arora of the Rail

VISAKHAPATNAM: The proposal to set up a major port at Duggarajapatnam in Nellore district appears to have hit a roadblock as both the central and state governments are yet to take up the mega project in the state. Union shipping minister Nitin Gadkari, in reply to a question posed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday,