Centre Launches Development Projects Worth Over ₹13,000 Crore in Andhra Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects in Andhra Pradesh worth ₹13,430 crore. The initiatives span multiple sectors including industry, power, transport, and defence. Key projects include strengthening the power transmission system at Kurnool, establishing new industrial hubs in Orvakal and Kopparthy expected to create one lakh jobs, and launching new road and railway lines to improve connectivity. A new Bharat Electronics Ltd. factory for advanced night vision products was also inaugurated, boosting domestic defence manufacturing.