SOUTH INDIA Mega Projects and Development, SOUTH INDIA Economy, road and rail projects-Part 2 - YouTube

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today's topic is south india mega project

and this is part 2

we already covered 3 states in part 1

if you didnt watch that video, please do watch it first

and in this video we will talk about remaining 2 states and 3 Union Territories

this video is going to be interesting, do watch it till end

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we will first talk about the state where India's Silicon Valley exists

which is karnataka

World's largest solar power plant is under construction in karnataka

which is called as Shaktisthala Solar Power Plant

the power plant is being built on 13000 acres at a cost of 16000 crores

this project was launched in 2016 and will generate 2000 megawatts of power once completed

currently it is generating 600 megawatts of power,

infrastructure of the remaining 1400 megawatt is under construction

but soon another solar power plant is going to be constructed which will beat this plant

The new plant is Dholera Solar Power plant

which will generate 5000MW after its completion

Karnataka's capital is Bangalore

and Metro Rail's work is being done rapidly in Bangalore

Bangalore Metro Rail is operational since 2011

and its phase 1 is already operational

its length is 42 km, now its india's 2nd largest and world 83rd metro network

work on phase 2 is under progress the length of which is 72 km

and 66 stations will be located

the cost of phase 2 is estimated to be 3.8 billion dollars

funded combined by state and central govt

this will be completed before 2021 December

and after completion of this phase 3 construction will start

Karnataka's popular industry is IT industry

Karnataka capital Bangalore is India's IT capital

35% of India's IT exports is contributed by Bangalore

valued at more than 50 billion Dollar

government wants to expand this IT industry

this is the reason it is Building bluestone Technology Park

it is also called as integrated IT Park

this Park is being constructed on 55 acres of land the near hosakote taluka

Devanahalli Business Park is also under construction

which is being built on 400 acres and can bring 2.2 billion-dollar investment

apart from IT industry, Karnataka has another famous industry which is aerospace industry

Aerospace park is under construction in bangalore

many companies are already operating from this park

and recently BOEING has also announced that it will also install its plant in this park

This plant will be constructed on 32 acres and the cost will be 1152 crores

this can generate 2300 jobs

CDL development India's is also installing its plant

this is a tech innovation park and will be built at a cost of 740 crores

different parks are being constructed in Karnataka like Devi City industrial Park

it is being constructed in Belgaum at a cost of 1150 crores

and it is being constructed on 1000 acres of land

apart from these two industrial parks are under construction in Mysore

there are many such parks being constructed in Karnataka

built by Karnataka industrial areas development board

This board has till now constructed 160 industrial Parks

which are constructed on 76000 acres of land

Distributed among 29 districts of Karnataka

never let us discuss an important project which is yettinahole project

this is water linking project

many zillas of Karnataka under water crisis, where are you get this yettinahole project is launched

in this 8 dams Reservoir and a Canal will be constructed

the length of which will be 274 km

before that you have already been divided into two phases, Phase 1 is under construction

with the progress of 75 %

the phase 1 is estimated to be completed by 2019 march

estimated cost of this project is 12900 crores

many Road projects under construction like Bangalore Chennai Express Way

and Bangalore Mysore highway

this is already a four lane Highway which will be modified into 6 Lane highway

80% of land is already acquired for this project

length of this Highway 367 kilometres at cost of 3000 crores

big industrial corridors are also under construction like Mumbai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor

Chennai Bangalore Industrial Corridr is also under construction

to know more details please watch our video on this topic

that's it for Karnataka state, no let's talk about Andhra Pradesh

where development is going on rapidly

firstly i will talk about Solar Power Plants

work is being rapidly done on solar energy in Andhra Pradesh

huge solar power plants under construction

like Kurnool Solar Power Plant

the capacity of the Solar Power Plant is 1000 megawatts

in 2015 another solar power plant is long which is being constructed in Kadapa called as kadapa solar power plant

the capacity of this power plant is also 1000 megawatts

500 megawatt is power power is already generated by this plant

the required infrastructure for the remaining 500 megawatt will be ready in one year

the largest Solar Power Plant of Andhra Pradesh is under construction in Ananthapuram

it is being constructed on 7900 acres

the capacity of this will be 1500 megawatts

500 megawatt is power power is already generated by this plant

the required infrastructure for the remaining 1000 megawatt will be ready in before 2019 march

now lets talk about India's oldest project, polavaram multipurpose irrigation project is also a part of this product

the river linking project is 100 years old, but polavaram project was started in2004

A mega dam is under construction with capacity 75 TMC feet and gross capacity of 194 TMC feet

this project is being constructed on East and West Godavari

polavaram is the name of village where the dam is under construction

there will be two Canals in this, one is right main canal of length 124Km

The left main Canal review of length 181 km

through this project, water crisis in Andhra Pradesh will be resolved

cost of this project is estimated to be 58,000 crores

the progress of this project is 57 % till now

the government has promised that polavaram will be completed by 2019 December

along with irrigation issues government is also solving industrial issues

by constructing industrial parks in different areas

an industrial Park is under construction Kadapa

which is known as Kadapa Mega industrial Park

and in this Tremag alloys company has agreed to invest

this company will invest 6:50 crores

after the Completion of this plant

more than 2000 direct and indirect jobs will be generated from that company

further more a prebiotic manufacturing plant is also under construction

which is being built 40 acres of land

friends its estimated cost is 400 crores

and friends electronic manufacture clustering park is also under construction

and this will India's first EMC Park

to build this, a special purpose vehicle has been built

and this Park is being built on 113 acres of land

and many industrial Park like this are under construction

which are being built by Andhra Pradesh infrastructure industrial Corporation Limited

this Corporation has build more than 250 industrial parks and 30 special economic zones until now

and we'll talk later about under construction industrial park and economics zones

this was about industrial parks

now will talk about Andhra Pradesh most important project

their capital Amaravati

friends a new capital is being built in andhra pradesh in Amravati

it is being built on 217 sq km of land

this project was launched in 2015 and its master plan was prepared by Singapore company

this city is being built by APCRDA( Andhra Pradesh capital region Development authority)

and its estimated cost is 52 thousand crore

and the cities land pooling system is considered as India's best pooling system until now

currently Phase 1 is under construction in which basic infrastructure and some important buildings are constructed

and this basic infrastructure will be completed by 2018 december

and the important buildings by 2019 March

phase 2 will be completed by 2024 and the complete Amaravati capital by 2029

many financial issues arising and the state and Centre are fighting over this

State government is taking loan from the market and until now 2000 crore rupees loan has been taken

to know more details about this project you can watch our video by clicking the above link

now lets talk about some Industrial Corridors which are under construction in Andhra Pradesh

Chennai Bangalore Industrial Corridor will be passing via Andhra Pradesh

Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor is also under construction

the length of which is said to be 800 kilometres

and from this corridor 3 industrial cities will be constructed in Andhra Pradesh

the first city will be constructed in Visakhapatnam, the second in East Godavari and III in krishnapatnam

Asian Development Bank has given 600 million dollar loan for this project

now the basic infrastructure is being constructed

this was all about the states, now let's talk about the areas which are the beautiful areas of India

meaning union territories

firstly we will talk about Pondicherry which is also known as Puducherry

This Union Territory has four districts which are distributed in different areas

which are also called as enclaves

two Enclaves can be found in Tamilnadu which are known as Pondicherry and Karaikal

one is in Andhra Pradesh which is known as Yanam

the other is found in Kerala which is known as Mahi

the population of these 4 districts is estimated to be 1240000 acc to 2011 census

now let's talk about some of the Pondicherry's mega projects which are under construction

firstly Pondicherry Airport is expanded and its capacity is increased

the cost of this is estimated to be 200 crores

for this project Pondicherry CM has requested the central government for France

he says that as government is providing transfer North Eastern states of India

it should also provide funds for the Pondicherry for air linking projects

the main important issue of Pondicherry was unclean drinking water

and a Mega scheme is implemented for this

under this scheme all the population of Pondicherry will be provided with clean drinking water irrespective of Urban and rural areas

and the cost of this scheme is 534 crores

out of which 455 crores are being provided by the French government

the French Development Agency is helping Pondicherry in different schemes by providing funds

and the remaining 79 crores will be invested by the Pondicherry government

the Pondicherry city is now under the Smart City mission

and it is planned to make it a global tourist destination

so number of projects are identified by the government under this

the estimated cost of which is 1800 crores

cost will be provided 500 crores each central and state government

and the remaining 800 crores are to be invested public private partnership

other than this many other projects are being constructed in different districts we will talk about this in coming days

now let's talk about another union territory which is formed by the combination of number of Islands

we are talking about Lakshadweep

in this union territory 10 islands are populated

and the remaining 17 islands are empty

another 4 islands are very small

land area of these Island is is 32.6 square kilometres

according to the 2011 census the population is 64000

now let's talk about the projects of this union territory

world's first Offshore desalination plant is being constructed in Lakshadweep

out of 5 big islands minicoy is one of them

and a new airport is under construction there

this airport will promote tourism industry and fishing

the capital of these union territories kavaratti

and it is selected under Smart City mission

the government has planned to invest 526 crores here in the coming 4 years

the amount from this will be invested more on

connectivity health sector education

now let's talk about South India's third union territory

whcih is Andaman and Nicobar Islands

there are 572 islands in this union territory

out of which only 30 are populated

the total population is estimated to be 380000

capital of this union territory is Port Blair

where dry Dock and shipping are the famous industries

the government is focusing on these industries and want to make it more popular

the government wants to invest 10000 crores here in the coming 10 years

may it be via Central Government, or ppp , or byt releasing the bonds

as this union territory is a strategic need

and in the coming future it will become a popular tourist industry

sea route is being constructed from Port Blair To BataRang Island

at an estimated cost of 50 crores

and 23 locations are identified where the ports will be constructed

as India wants to boost its Maritime economy

and for this Andaman and Nicobar islands are very important

recently government held an Global investors Summit

for andaman and Nicobar islands investment

other than this a new body is constructed in 2017 which is known as Island Development Agency

with the main task to focus on island and develop more

no one might have talked about India's development like this and also included the union territories in it

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