In a big shot in arm to the manufacturing sector in Andhra Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a “Mobile Hub” at the temple town of Tirupati.
Modi, who flew in to the temple town after laying foundation stone of new State Capital Amaravati in Guntur district to offer prayers at the Tirumala temple, also inaugurated the new International Terminal building at the Renigunta Airport.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Governor ESl Narasimhan and Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Ashol Gajapati Raju and Nirmala Sitaraman were also present.
The mobile and electronics hub to be named after Sri Venkateshwara, the reigning deity of Tirumala, will have handset manufacturing facilities of four big names in the industry like Mircomax, Karboon, Celkon and Xiomi.
Officials said the hub was expected to generate 10,000 jobs within a year and 75,000 jobs by 2019.
The hub will give boost to the image of Andhra Pradesh as a preferred destination for the mobile handset and component manufacturing units, said Pankaj Mohindroo, the president of Indian Cellular Association.
later, the Prime Minister visited the Tirumala temple where the pundits and the officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devstahanam accorded him a warm welcome. Apart from the pontiffs blessing Modi, presented him with the cloths and other gifts including the famous Tirupati laddu.