Hyderabad, Aug 29 :
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the Mannavaram unit of NTPC- BHEL (joint venture) on September 6 according to an official press release here on Saturday. The PM will be reaching Tirupati for a two-day visit on September 5.
Speaking to the media, Chief Minister said he thanked the PM and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for allotting the unit to Andhra Pradesh. The A P Government alloted 750 acres of land for the Rs. 6,000- crore project at Mannavaram near Srikalahasti in Chittoor district. This unit will manufacture power equipment in the State. The project with an estimated outlay of over Rs. 7000 crores is expected o provide indirect and direct employment to over 30,000 people.