New Delhi sources added that Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said the Centre is committed to set up a steel plant at Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, but the required information about the proposed project is yet to come from the state government. Meanwhile the statement comes a day after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the Kadapa steel plant, which became a contentious issue as the state has accused the Centre of not honoring the commitment made in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014.
Singh said on the sidelines of a SAIL event "We are committed to set up a steel plant there (in Kadapa). But you know due diligence is required. If they don't go by that, then it's not possible for us to give the final report. So, ultimately there is no response from the state government which is to be given by the state government only”.
Moreover the latest information about the type of mines, and the quantity as well as quality of iron ore was to be supplied by Andhra government. Reportedly Singh said after SAIL's statement that setting up a steel plant there, prima facie, is not financially viable, the steel ministry itself decided to have a task force to prepare a feasibility report, which involved members of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
