Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in his capacity as the national president of the TDP, promised that the long-time dream of Rayalaseema people to have a steel plant work would be started on June 12 at the site near Pedda Gandluru- Sunnapurallapalli in Jammalamadugu constituency of YSR Kadapa district under the auspices of JSW.
Minister Nara Lokesh also said the same thing in a media chat. However, despite the expiry of the deadline given by father and son, there has been no progress in the steel construction work. The promise made in the AP Reorganization Act to set up a steel industry under the auspices of SAIL in Kadapa district is being implemented with utter negligence.
It is known that the NDA government at the center, which came to power after the 2014 general elections, played dramas in the name of lack of feasibility. The then Chief Minister Chandrababu laid the foundation stone in Kambaladinne, Mylavaram mandal, Jammalamadugu constituency in February 2018 under the pretext that the government would set up a steel industry.
After the 2019 general elections, the then YSRCP government laid the foundation stone of the YSR Steel Corporation on 3,200 acres near Pedda Gandluru- Sunnapurallapally in Jammalamadugu constituency in the district. Later, under the auspices of JSW, one of the leading steel giants in the country, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of a steel industry at a cost of Rs. 15,000 crores. The TDP coalition government came to power in the 2024 general elections.
The 7.5 km road works undertaken with a budget of Rs. 500 crore during the YSRCP government’s tenure, which were part of the infrastructure construction works undertaken with a budget of Rs. 13 crore, the formation road works completed for 6.5 km.
Moreover, compound wall construction works, water reservoir construction works, railway line, water supply pipeline works undertaken from Brahmasagar reservoir with a budget of Rs. 150 crore, and SS tank construction works, have not seen any payment of bills.
On the one hand, pending dues and on the other hand, there is no progress in the construction works of the steel industry. These developments pose a greater challenge for Chandrababu Naidu to implement his promise.
