CM Naidu Pushes Self-Reliant Power Usage, Rooftop Solar, and Green Mobility in Andhra Pradesh

The Bhogapuram International Airport will be inaugurated in the first week of July, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Naidu announced that on April 28, Google will establish a massive US$10 billion data centre in Visakhapatnam, including an advanced AI data centre.

In remarks on Thursday, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu urged self-reliance in power usage within the agricultural sector and called for broader adoption of rooftop solar installations under the PM Surya Ghar scheme, with a target to install solar panels for 40 lakh households in the next year. He advocated decentralized power usage to reduce transmission losses and announced plans to establish 5,000 electric-vehicle charging stations across the state, while the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation would introduce 1,050 electric buses as part of a green mobility push. He stated a target to generate 160 GW of green energy with investments of ₹5.95 lakh crore mobilised; proposals and MoUs for 90 GW finalised, and NTPC Green Energy planning investments worth ₹1.85 lakh crore. He noted solar and wind projects underway in Anantapur and Kurnool, and Rambilli to become a hub for solar panel manufacturing. He pledged not to increase power tariffs, claimed true-up charges were reversed, and that the government was bearing ₹4,600 crore to avoid extra costs for consumers, with a further ₹15,795 crore to be borne by the state. He outlined making Anakapalli district a major investment hub for large-scale industrial and green energy initiatives, referencing the recent foundation laid for the ArcelorMittal Nippon India Steel plant and the district’s growing industrial ecosystem.

Naidu recalled that only a few weeks ago, the foundation for the ArcelorMittal Nippon India Steel plant was laid in the Anakapalli region, strengthening the area's industrial ecosystem.