The Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation, wrote a letter to Airports Authority of India for a direct flight service between Vijayawada and Puttaparthi.

Puttaparthi is a very big tourist spot for its association with Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Also it is famous for its health care and education purpose with the existence of premier Sathya Sai institutions.

Also Anantapur road connectivity with Vijayawada is not well connected. It would take approximately 9-10 hrs to reach by road. Having a direct flight to Puttaparthi would increase the air traffic between these two places. Instead of using Bangalore, people can directly use Puttaparthi. If Airports Authority of India approves, this would be the second connectivity to Rayalaseema from Gannavaram.

Andhra Pradesh Government has instructed all the secretariat employees working in Hyderabad to shift to Amaravati by June 27. In these 1809 employees of Telangana native, from 147 departments also have to shift to Amaravati. In the employment allocation these 1809 employees of Telangana native are allotted to Andhra Pradesh and 1781 Andhra Pradesh native employees are allotted to Telanagana. 468 employees does not belong to any of the two states.

Kamalnathan committee has completed the allotment of 43,539 state cadre employees between the two states for 147 departments. Of the 43,539 state cadre employees, 24,163 were allotted to Andhra Pradesh Of this, 21,872 are AP natives and 1,809 employees are natives of Telangana.

As all the employees have to shift to Amaravati by June 27th, these 1809 employee of Telangana Native also have to shift to Amaravati.

With plans afoot to develop Nellore-Chittoor into an automobile sector, the state has brought out an automobile policy for companies in the sector.

The following are some of the significant investments in this sector.

1. iSuzu Motors - The Japanese utility vehicle manufacturer opened a Rs. 3,000 crore facility in Sri City.
No. of jobs to be created: 3,000
Capacity of the plant: 50,000 units a year. Will be scaled up to 1,20,000 units per year.

2. Hero MotoCorp - The two-wheeler giant will invest Rs. 800 crore in its plant at Madanaapalem of Chittoor district.
No. of jobs to be created - Under phase 1: 1,500 and under phase 2 - 3,500
Capacity of the plant: Under phase 1 - 5 lakh units per annum and Under phase 2 - 8 lakh units per annum.

3. Bharat Forge - This leading forging major is setting up an integrated auto-components hub in Nellore with an investment of about Rs. 1,200 crore.
No. of jobs to be created: 3,000.

4. Ashok Leyland - To set up a body building plant in Mallavalli Village in Krishna District with an investment of nearly Rs. 1,000 crore.

Yesterday, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has started from Naravari Palle to Mahanadu Venue in Tirupati. After the convoy went some distance, CM has noticed his childhood friend standing beside the road. Chief Minister has stopped his convoy and met his childhood friend Giridhar Reddy. He has asked about all his personal details and asked his friend to come and meet in Mahanadu.