Oct 1-15, 2020 VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 1

VOLUME 23 ISSUE 11, PAGES: 8 Oct 1-15, 2020 www.viscan.in ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION Rs.999/- Container terminal Ext. Vizag’s Steely to be completed in 2021 resolve in VIS News Service 2.54 lakh TEUs 2019. when compared ounted among one of The Visakha Con- to 2.34 lakhs Atal Tunnel India’s leading major tainer Terminal Private C TEUs during the VIS News Service for about 6 months each year ports, Limited is a joint venture same period last n the recently inaugu owing to heavy snowfall. Port trust’s extension of between the JM Baxi year thus mark- rated world’s longest The tunnel reduces the the container terminal is group and DP world. I ing a growth of highway tunnel in Manali, road distance by 46 Kms be- slated to be completed in The container terminal 9%. Vizag has a steely connec- tween Manali and Leh and the next year. in fact crossed the half a ‘Container tion. the time by about 4 to 5 Stating this at a re- million TEUs mark for the Exports growth The Prime cent press briefing VPT first time in March 2020. was due to in- Minister of chairman Mr Rama crease in Agri India Mr Mohan Rao said ‘Ex- products’ said VPT closes Narendra tension of existing con- the chairman. Modi inau- tainer terminal awarded terminal will enable an ad- H1 2020 at gurated the at an estimated cost of ditional capacity of 5.4 Container Imports 9.02 Km long Rs.633 crores is pro- lakh TEUs. however declined by 32.77 MT tunnel that VIS News Service connects Manali to Container Shortage continues at Vizag isakhapatnam Port Lahaul-Spiti Vtrust recorded cargo valley. Vizag which has traditionally been an export surplus (container) port has handling of 32.77 million hours. One of the aspects that mostly grappled with the shortage of empty containers. Albeit a favourable tonnes during the first half thing as it implies the region exports more than it imports it does however makes this tunnel special for Congratulating the RINL of this fiscal. create an ‘imbalance’ for containers. the people of Vizag is that collective on this proud mo- Albeit a decline of 1.98 ment, Mr PK Rath, The Covid-19 pandemic has RINL, corporate entity of million tonnes compared to Vizag Steel plant has sup- CMD, RINL said “RINL made the shortage of empty joins the Nation in thanking containers even more glaring. the same period last year plied a major share of TMT this is still noteworthy keep- requirements for the tunnel. Prime Minister Mr ‘We are facing a huge shortfall ing in mind the significant Narendra Modiji on inaugu- of empty containers at Vizag. Approximately 8,500 MT of impact Covid-19 has had on Vizag Steel TMT bars was rating this engineering mar- Exports are going up while the economy. vel i.e “ATAL TUNNEL”. imports have come down used in this prestigious tun- during this period. As it is Vizag In fact in terms of the nel project. “RINL takes pride in has been an import deficit region cargo handled by all the 12 The Tunnel built with ul- sharing with you all that we and this pandemic has worsened major ports in the country tra-modern specifications in have supplied around 8500 Tonnes of TMT which is the the shortage of empty containers’ said VCLA president Mr Jeevan speaking they declined by 16.5% the Pir Panjal range of during April to September highest share amongst all to Vizag Industrial Scan. Contd. on Page ..4 Himalayas is at an altitude 2020. of 3000 Mtrs (10,000 Feet) the steel suppliers in TMT section, for the construc- gressing and will be com- Container trade for the 27% as it handled 1.57 The dozen major ports from the Mean Sea Level tion of this marvellous engi- pleted in 2021’ said the first half of this fiscal wit- lakh TEUs in the first 6 of the country handled vol- (MSL) and will be acces- neering project” said the Chairman VPT. nessed a growth in its ex- months compared to 2.15 umes of 245 million tonnes sible throughout the year. lakh TEUs in April-Sept CMD RINL. The extension of the ports wherein it handled Contd. on Page ..2 Earlier the valley was cut off Air Traffic ‘Industry needs to adhere revives in AP to Safety Norms’ Vizag Airport aims 1 million passengers in FY’21 VIS News Service Board recently held a webinars undertaken by ment friendly State. VIS News Service handled more than 80,000 webinar sensitizing industry AP Pollution Control The initial webinar titled passengers which is a sig- ollowing the recent on the various safety Board aim to make “Planning for Enhanced ollowing the severe nificant increase when Fspate of industrial ac- norms and procedures. an ac- Safety Performance by the Fimpact the Covid-19 compared to just 24 pas- Process Industry” was in- pandemic has had on air augurated by Mr Balineni sengers it handled in GoAP is coming up with an elaborate policy travel, passenger traffic April’20 when the Srinivasa Reddy, Minister seems to be slowly getting lockdown was in force. on safety, formulating protocols to ensure for Energy, Environment, back. It was from June’20 accident free industrial operations in the Forests, Science & Tech- From just 26 scheduled nology, Government of that passenger traffic State. I also urge industrialists to go through flights that were operated started to pick up wherein Andhra Pradesh. in April’20, Vizag airport handled the report of the High Power Committee on Speaking on the occa- Visakhapatnam airport 39565 passengers in the incident and recommendations made by sion the minister informed operated over 700 flights June’20 and 42095 pas- that as per the vision and the High Power Committee in chapter 7 in the month of Septem- sengers in July’20. the instructions of the Chief ber 2020. Other main airports in regarding safety. Minister of AP Mr Y.S. Passengers seem to be AP too have a seen an Mr. Neerabh Kumar Prasad, I.A.S., Jagan Mohan Reddy had slowly regaining their con- uptick in passengers. As Special Chief Secretary to Govt. EFS&T Department, AP appointed a High Power fidence in venturing out. per the data provided by Committee to examine and In the month of Septem- The first in a series of analyze the circumstances ber 2020 Vizag airport cidents in Andhra Pradesh, cident free and environ- Contd. on Page ..5 the AP Pollution Control 12 programs these Contd. on Page ..4 Oct 1-15, 2020 Steel/Port VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 2 IN BRIEF New Secy. Railways Freight CSL gets NTPC Group records Labour Revenue up 13% Greenco growth of 13.3% in gen- Coal accounts for almost 50% of freight Award VIS News Service eration in 2nd Quarter VIS News Service Coal and Power entities TPC Group companies under Ministry of Power, to ensure maximum mu- ochin Shipyard Limited Nrecorded double-digit growth of 13.3% in nion Minister of Rail tual growth of all the C(CSL) has earned the generation in 2nd Quarter from July to September 2020, Uways and Commerce three sectors namely distinction of becoming the compared to the same period last year. Group & Industry, Mr Piyush Railways, Power and first company in the Ship- generation in first half of the current financial year Goyal recently held a Coal. ping sector to be certified meeting with top leader- from April to September 2020, As per an official re- by Confederation of Indian ship of Coal and Power was 145.87 BU, higher by 0.4% lease from the ministry it Industries (CII) for the Sector to ensure consoli- than the same period last year. stated that in September Green Co Silver rating . VIS News Service dation of coal business of As per a statement issued by 2020, Indian Railways “Greenco” rating is Railways and suggest NTPC Ltd., NTPC coal stations 1988 batch IAS of earned Rs. 9896.86 awarded to a company that have maintained high availability of 94.21 % during ficer, Mr Apurva ways and meets set norms in imple- A means to April to Sept’20 as against 90.26 % during the same Chandra belonging to Last Year: Out of a Total mentation of ‘Green’ envi- period last year, demonstrating high levels of Maharashtra Cadre re- further im- ronment friendly facets in operational excellence. With a total installed capacity cently assumed charge as prove the freight loading of 1210 MTs their production activities, of 62.9 GW, NTPC Group has 70 Power stations new Secretary, Ministry joint op- and endeavouring to move comprising of 24 Coal, 7 combined cycle Gas/Liquid of Labour & Employ- erational coal’s share was 587 towards greener renewable Fuel, 1 Hydro, 13 Renewables along with 25 Subsidiary ment. productiv- energies like solar/wind etc.. ity of Rail- & JV Power Stations. Prior to this he was Million tonnes Green House Gas Emission, ways, Coal serving as Special Direc- Waste Management, Mate- and power tor General, Defence Ac- rial Conservation, Recycling Diamond jubilee celebra- sector concerning Coal quisition, Ministry of De- crores from freight load- and Recyclability, Green Freight. tions at SCI fence, a position where he ing which is Rs. 1180.57 Supply Chain, Product nion Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) and played a key role in con- It was informed that crores higher compared Stewardship & Life Cycle UChemical & Fertilizers Mr. Mansukh tributing towards Coal accounts for almost to last year’s earnings Assessment, Innovation for Mandaviya virtually launched diamond jubilee AtmaNirbhar Bharat in 50% of freight of Rail- for the same period (Rs. Environment, Green Infra- structure and Ecology. celebration of Shipping Corporation of India, on the terms of greater defence ways. Last year the total 8716.29 crores). The in- occasion of its foundation day. Unveiling the logo of acquisition from domestic loading was 587 Million crease in freight revenue The Green Co rating diamond jubilee celebrations of Shipping Corporation industry and at the same Tonnes out of a total is 13.54%. certificate was awarded freight of 1210 MTs. of India(SCI), created by a SCI employee the minister time keeping Defence Freight loading in Sep- during the 9th Edition of also awarded the winners of various competitions, Forces equipped with all The Minister called tember 2020 was 15.3 % GreenCo Summit 2020 on organized as part of the celebration. Speaking on the its challenging require- for coordinated opera- more than last year for 07th Oct.2020, on the CII HIVE Virtual Platform. occasion, Mr Mandaviya congratulated SCI for ments. tions among Railways, the same period. completing its 59 glorious years and entering into 60th year. The company’s foundation day coincides with the Gandhi Jayanti. VPT closes H1 2020 at 32.77 MT Contd. from Page 1 It was further informed navigation during night and 1.02 lakhs Coal Ministry launches compared to 294 million that the Permissible draft that Permissible beam of tonnes handled during the of Panamax vessels has vessel increased from 32.5 plantation to be website for research taken up at a he Ministry of Coal recently launched a website to cost of Rs. 384 Tpromote Research & Development (R&D) activities of the ministry and attract research institutes Crores during for R&D endeavors in coal sector. Mr Anil Jain the year 2020- launched the website (https:// 2021 scienceandtech.cmpdi.co.in/) during the 56th meeting of Standing Scientific Research Committee of the Ministry. “The website will help in disseminating and ment of Cruise Terminal at promoting the knowledge and research work in the coal a cost of Rs.77 crores is sector”, said Mr Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Coal. Coal also being taken up and India R&D arm, Central Mines Planning & Design will be awarded after ob- Institute Limited (CMPDI) has designed and developed same period last year. been increased from 14 meters to 38 meters in the taining Environment this website. The website broadly displays the guidelines meters to 14.5 meters for inner harbour. Develop- Clearance. ‘Percentage of decline for implementing coal research projects with different in respect of VPT is less forms so that anybody can submit proposals in requisite than the decline registered VPT Clarifies on Handling Ammonium Nitrate: manner stated an official release from the ministry of by all major ports put to- coal. gether’ said VPT’s chair- h VPT is designated to handle fertilizer grade of man Mr Rama Mohan Rao Ammonium Nitrate in bagged form REC gets stiff targets addressing the media on the H1 results. he Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has h VPT allows import strictly on obtaining necessary Some of the commodi- Tgiven ambitious targets for REC Ltd in the current clearances from the statutory agencies financial year. As per an ties that saw an increase in- official communication cluded Iron ore & pellets h Import is allowed in bags on the condition revenue target for FY2021 which saw an increase of has been set at Rs. 35,000 31%, Thermal coal, fertiliz- that the cargo will be taken delivery Cr, up by 17.5% from the ers and raw materials, fin- previous year ished steel. immediately from berth and no storage is achievement. Operating Iron ore growth was due provided at VPT profit margin target has to increase in imports from been set at 28% as against 23.23% achieved in previous China while finished steel h VPT has prepared a 29 point check list/actionable year and target for parameter ‘PAT as a % of Avg. A growth was due to demand MoU was signed by Mr Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, CMD from China, South Korea points which are strictly complied by the importers – REC Limited and Mr Ravinder Singh Dhillon, CMD and Japan. h A fire tender is deployed at the berth while – PFC Limited. The MoU has been a standard Commodities that saw a performance measure for all CPSEs and REC has been decline consisted of petro- handling the cargo delivering exemplary performances for the last several leum, oil and lubricants h years said the release. REC is expected to provide Rs. which declined by 15%, The berth is kept in a clean condition leaving no 45000 Cr of loan assistance within this year and also the coking coal, steam coal scope for any contamination and eventuality thrust to financing large Renewable Energy projects. etc.(See table) Oct 1-15, 2020 City/State VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 3 NEW APPOINTMENTS State Government assures New Union Pharma Secretary revival of Sugar mills VIS News Service ment, including Rs 9 of the state agriculture, Reddy said the govern- s S Aparna a 1988-batch IAS crore to the Thandava minister and state minis- ment would take steps to Mofficer of Gujarat cadre, has ssuring co-operative factory and Rs 7 crore terial sub-committee, re-launch the funding re- assumed charge as Secretary in the Asugar mills in the to the Etikoppaka fac- said the factories were quired for 12 industries in Department of Pharmaceuticals state of the government’s the state. He Ministry of Chemicals and support a slew of ministers said the gov- Fertilizers,Govt.of India. Ms Aparna visited the Thandava and ernment has replaced Dr PD Vaghela who superannuated Etikoppaka co-operative would sup- on 30 September 2020. Ms Aparna was appointed to sugar factories in the dis- port the sug- the post of Executive Director, World Bank in 2017, trict and spoke to the arcane representing the Constituency of India, Bangladesh and farmers and workers farmer with- Sri Lanka. In 2019, she was given a proforma promotion there. out any in- as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) while she was The government is volvement in on deputation in Washington DC as Executive Director, taking steps to rehabili- profit or loss. World Bank. She has also served as the Principal tate 12 loss-making co- He said Secretary to the then Gujarat CM. operative sugar mills in tory. closed due to negligence the government’s aim the state, said Mr. He said that the rea- on the part of the previ- was to protect 12 sugar Yerram Reddy Re-ap- Botsa Satyanarayana, son for the fall of one ous government and factories. Similarly Tour- head of the state mu- lakh ten thousand would look into the co- ism and Culture Minis- pointed nicipal administration tonnes of sugarcane operative sugar factories ter Mr Muttamsetti and urban development factory to 64 thousand and submit a report to the Srinivasa Rao said that r S.Yerram Reddy, General Manager, New department and state tonnes was the failure of government. the government was M& Renewable Energy Development cabinet sub-committee. the previous government State Industries Min- raising funds for 12 in- Corporation of Andhra Pradesh, Tadepalli, Guntur The government will to make timely pay- ister and Ministerial Sub- dustries in the state and District who had retired from Service on 30-09-2020 pay the arrears owed by ments. Mr. Kurasala Committee member Mr. was taking steps to re- on attaining the age of superannuation has been the previous govern- Kannababu, a member Mekapati Goutham start them. reappointed in the same post for a period of two years as per the existing terms and conditions in force. IPS officials VSEZ gives MD of APDDCF transferred nod to he state government s per a recent GO Mr Babu. A, IAS (2003) has Ttransferred the follow- Salesforce Abeen posted as Managing Director, Andhra ing IPS officials. Pradesh Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Expansion Mr. R.K. Meena, IPS Limited (APDDCF). He is also placed in Full Additional RR: 1995 batch officer, is VIS News Service Charge of the posts of (i) Special Officer, Government posted as Addl. DGP, of A.P-Amul Project and (ii) Chief Executive Officer, Operations(Greyhounds & he Unit Approval Andhra Pradesh Centre for Advanced Research on OCTOPUS). Dr. Shanka TCommittee (UAC) of Livestock Limited (APCARL), Pulivendula, YSR Brata Bagchi, VSEZ, at Visakhapatnam, , until further orders. IPS(RR:1996), batch of- chaired by its Development ficer Director, ACB is Commissioner, Mr. A Secretary to Vigilance transferred and posted as Rama Mohan Reddy, re- IGP, APSP Bns., in the ex- cently approved the expan- isting vacancy. sion of Salesforce.com In- Comm. dia Pvt. Ltd. Started during Dr. C.M. Thrivikrama r R.P.Sisodia, IAS (1991), Commissioner of 2016, over an area measur- Varma, IPS(RR:2005), Inquiries has been placed in Full Additional ing 261357 sq.ft. it operates M batch officer who is wait- Charge for the post of Secretary to Vigilance in M/s. Divyasree NSL In- ing for posting, is posted as Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh Vigilance Commission, frastructure Pvt. Ltd, SEZ Dy. IGP, Guntur Range, with immediate effect. The GO was issued on October in Ranga Reddy District of Guntur. Mr. G. Vijay 6th 2020. Telangana State. It is ex- Kumar, IPS(SPS:2006), panding its operations al- batch officer, DIG, Intelli- most by 155% as per gence is transferred and VSEZ. Principal Secretary for posted as Special Secretary Real Time Gov. to Government, Home De- Mr. Reddy said the unit partment in the existing va- has projected to achieve ad- s per a GO issued by Ms Nilam Sawhney, chief cancy. Mr. Sudheer ditional Exports to the tune Asecretary to government, Mr Bhanuprakash Kumar Reddy, of Rs. 5,373.77 Crores, and Yeturu, IAS (RJ:2003), Secretary to Government, IT, IPS(KTK:2010), who is will Invest Rs. 1,119.35 E & C Department is placed on full additional charge waiting for posting, is Crores and generate addi- for the post of Principal Secretary to Government, posted as SP, Vigilance & tional Employment of 2500 Department of Real Time Governance. This duly Enforcement. Nos over a period of 5 years. relieving Mr. Kona Sasidhar, IAS (2003) from the Full Additional Charge of post of Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Real Time Governance. Navaratna Schemes bringing Srinivasulu to AP Mari- cheers to the poor: AU VC VIS News Service Reimbursement, Arogyasri, ister of Andhra Pradesh needy people said Prof. time Board mentioned that these Reddy. ddressing a webinar on Jalayagnam, Ban on he government issued a GO posting Mr. A. ANavaratna Welfare Alcohol, Amma Vodi, schemes are novel and Referring to the gov- TSrinivasulu, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Schemes in Andhra Asara, Cheyutha, stand as an example to ernment reforms in edu- Environment, Forest, Science & Technology Pradesh Housing and En- other States to imple- cation sector, Prof. Department to AP Maritime Board as Deputy General Prof.P.V.G.D.Prasad hancement of Pen- ment and informed that Reddy stated about Manager (Forest & Environment) on deputation basis Reddy, Vice-Chancel- sions are benefiting some of the states are complete fee reimburse- for a period of three years. And also place in-charge lor, the poorest of the poor following the AP model. ment for students which to AP Economic Cities Promotion and Development stated that the in the State. The implementation has been further Corporation Limited (APEDCO) and AP High Grade Navaratna welfare Lauding the efforts of these schemes are strengthened will now Steels Limited (APHSL) as Development Officer until schemes such as Rythu of Y.S.Jagan Mohan bringing cheers in the reach to all the poor and further orders. Bharosa, Fee Reddy, the Chief Min- lives of the poor and weaker sections. Oct 1-15, 2020 City/State VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 4 Series of 12 programs on Industrial safety Focus on Off Contd. from Page 1 that safety is a culture to I.A.S., Member Secre- specific topic such as Pro- cess Safety Management leading to industrial acci- be embedded in every oc- tary, APPCB addressed (PSM), Hazard Identifica- dents during COVID time. cupant in the industrial the participants and in- Site Drills too premises, the concerned formed about organizing tion (HAZID), Hazard and ‘The Government is VIS News Service regulatory authority and training programmes on Operability, Unit Operations promoting industries with that the Government of industrial safety in co- and understanding the safety top most priority to safety aspects, Risk Assess- Most of the time and environment’ said Mr ment and Disaster the“ focus ends up be- Balineni. Topics to be covered : Management Plan- ing at onsite mock Mr. Neerabh Kumar drills however there Process Safety Management (PSM), ning, Safe Handling of Prasad, I.A.S., Special Chemicals, Safety is an urgent need Chief Secretary to Govt. Hazard Identification (HAZID), Hazard and Audit, Near Miss Re- for industries and EFS&T Department, factories to carry Operability, Risk Assessment and porting, Incident In- Andhra Pradesh spoke on vestigation, Behaviour out Offsite mock the incident of Styrene Disaster Management Planning, Safe Based Safety, Mock drills too. vapour leak in LG Poly- Offsite mock Handling of Chemicals, Safety Audit, Mock drills, Electrical mers in Visakhapatnam Safety, Industry Prac- drills are carried out- and requested all the par- drills, Electrical Safety etc. tices in the Environ- side the industry/factory areas where industry co ticipants to go through the ment Area etc. premises and are aimed exists with residents res- to sensitize the general report of the High Power Andhra Pradesh is com- ordination with Facto- Top management of com- cue operations need to be public on how to react in Committee on the incident ing up with an elaborate ries Department panies and industries are robust and companies case of an emergency/in- and gave an elaborate ad- policy on safety, formulat- through Administrative urged to participate and to uti- must have rescue oper- dustrial hazard and what dress on the observations ing protocols to ensure ac- Staff College of India lize the training programmes ating teams with suffi- measures need to be and recommendations cident free industrial op- (ASCI). This they said for improving the quality of cient protective gear”. taken for their safety. made by the High Power erations in the State. would be through a se- safety precautions and pre- (Mr L Laxman, Committee in chapter 7 The onus of carrying Mr B.S.S Prasad, ries of 12 programs for vention measures to ensure Former Jt Director In- regarding safety. out these drills lies on the I.F.S., Chairman, APPCB six months, one program accident free industrial opera- dustries and Industrial industries. Especially in Consultant) He further informed and Mr Vivek Yadav, in every 15 days on a tions. VMRDA to High power Industry Skill develop Vizag panel to deal with Training at Sri City suburb roads VIS News Service VIS News Service mining leases he State government ndhra Pradesh State Thas sanctioned Rs. VIS News Service Principal Secretary of ASkill Development 47 crore to Finance Department and Corporation (APSSDC) Visakhapatnam Metro- he State government secretaries of mines and has recently launched In- politan Region Develop- has constituted a high T geology and industries will dustry Customized Skill ment Authority power committee com- be members of the com- Trainings at Tada near Sri (VMRDA) to develop prising several senior offi- mittee. The State govern- City. four master plan roads. cials for granting of min- ment had also nominated The objective of this These new roads will con- ing leases. regional controller of In- programme is to ensure going a One Month rigor- Chairman, APSSDC, nect various suburbs of dian Bureau of Mines, Di- The committee will Youth across the State gets ous hands-on training at Dr.Arja Srikanth, Vizag city to the main city. rector, Geological Survey deal with all issues, includ- ample Placement opportu- SRI CITY and then they IRTS, MD & CEO, However, the VMRDA of India (GSI), southern ing the finalisation of the nities. will undergo the recruit- APSSDC & Special Sec- has to spend funds from region as members of the value of the blocks, fixa- ment process for retary to Government its own account for these tion of the reserve price, committee. After careful screening procedure by respective ALSTOM INDIA. launched the training roads. eligibility criteria before The official nominated DSDOs, 30 candidates Nellore Collector Mr. programme. Sri City MD, VMRDA Commis- grant of lease. It will also by the director of State were selected for the First K.V.N Chakradhar Mr. Ravindra Sanna sioner earlier furnished look after financial and mines and geology would batch to avail the Industry Babu, I.A.S, along with Reddy and APSSDC proposals to the Govern- other related matters in- act as convenor of the customized Skill Training. Mr. Challa ED Mr. Hanuman Naik ment for the formation of volved in e-auction. high-power committee. The candidates are under- Madhusudhan Reddy, were also present. (4) Master Plan roads.

Container Shortage continues at Vizag Top Container Exports: Contd. from Page 1 He stated that for the empty containers. Chennai. past 4 months shipping Empty containers Agri products lines on an average have ‘We have been sup- He however appreci- to Vizag are typically ated the efforts of ship- Alumina Steel Products ping lines who he said are doing a great job in On an average the cost of trying to meet the de- Ferro Minerals mand of exporters by bringing an empty container to providing them empty Frozen Sea foods containers. Vizag ranges from USD200-250/ ‘There is a huge cost TEU. Shipping lines have been attached to bringing in an Top Container Imports: empty container into providing exporters with Scrap Vizag. On an average containers at no extra charges the cost of bringing an Mr Jeevan empty container to Vizag Pulses ranges from USD200- President, VCLA 250/TEU and shipping lines have been provid- brought in from the porting the trade by effec- Chemicals ing exporters with these been bringing in 5000- 6000 empties per ports of Colombo, tively repositioning con- empty containers at no Port Kelang, tainers’ said the president extra charges’ said Mr month, despite this there Machinery & Machinery Parts is a 30% shortage of Singapore and of Visakhapatnam con- Jeevan. tainer lines association. Oct 1-15, 2020 City/State VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 5 Largest virtual ECoR: Waltair Division introduces Footwear & Leather Record Sale of Scrap advance booking facility Expo from Nov.30 he Materials Man VIS News Service cially those who are han- ing. The balance payment Tagement Department dling small quantities for (90%) of the freight has VIS News Service of machinery & compo- ollowing repeated re of Waltair Division initiated quests from the par- transporting their consign- to be paid at least 72 r Arun Kumar nents. F new ways to enhance the cel customers for intro- ments in a safe, economi- hours before the sched- Sinha, Managing “I hope through this M earnings through sale of un- duction of advance book- cal and fastest mode in uled departure of the Director, Footwear De- event, FDDI and FICCI serviceable materials sign & Development In- will provide a platform to (Scrap) released from vari- stitute (FDDI), Ministry Footwear & Leather ous activities of the railways This facility will immensely help of Commerce & Indus- Goods industry to highlight during the Coronavirus Pan- business persons, traders and cargo try, Govt of India, re- India as a global manufac- demic. The division has auc- cently announced that turing hub. This event will tioned scrap worth Rs. 7.43 aggregators, especially those the ‘Virtual Footwear & also assist us to move to- Crore in a single day, which handling small quantities Leather Expo 2020 wards the knowledge- is the best ever record in (VLFE)’, organized by based economy” said Mr East Coast Railway to Mr. Chetan K. Shrivastava FICCI, jointly with Sinha achieve this feat. Waltair Divisional Railway Manager FDDI will be held from Mr Dilip Chenoy, The Materials Manage- 30 Nov - 6th December Secretary General, FICCI ment department identified ing facility of Parcel 2020. said, “Footwear and all the scrap lying along the space, Indian Railways planned schedule. He also train for which the ad- The first edition of Leather sector is one of track lines and workshops has introduced advance appealed to stakeholders to vance booking has been VLFE 2020 will comprise the priority sectors that during the lockdown period. booking facility for Par- make use of the advance made stated an official of a seven-day virtual has been identified by the Within 15 days after segre- cel space in Luggage booking facility to plan their release from the exhibition on sectors like government to not only gating the scrap, the auction Coaches (SLRs) avail- transportation needs and lo- railways. And In case the Tanning, Leather, Foot- increase its value addition was carried out. These auc- able in Passenger car- gistics as per their conve- customer wishes to can- wear, Leather Garments within India but also to in- tions were 100% on-line, rying trains and in Par- nience. cel the booking, such can- & accessories and allied crease the export poten- according to a press re- cel Vans (VPs) attached Advance booking will cellation should be done industry which comprises tial.’’ lease. to the time tabled parcel be allowed only in parcel at least 72 hours before trains. spaces which are not al- the scheduled departure of Waltair Divisional ready leased by Railways. the train for which ad- Air Traffic revives in AP Railway Manager Mr. The advance booking vance booking has been Chetan Kumar of space in SLRs and VPs made. 50% of the ad- Contd. from Page 1 followed by Vijayawada Concurred Mr DS Shrivastava stated that shall be permitted 120 days vance freight shall be re- at 507, Rajahmundry at Varma ‘The quick recov- Andhra Pradesh Air Trav- this facility will im- in advance, subject to pay- funded said the 528 and Tirupati at 278. ery in passenger traffic at mensely help business ment of nominal 10% of release. For further in- persons, traders and the total freight by the cus- formation you can con- Visakhapatnam airport is bouncing cargo aggregators, espe- tomer at the time of book- tact 08978080962. back phenomenally. If all goes as per plan we should cross the 1 million INCAP Nodal Agency passenger mark in this fiscal. for Pipeline Projects Mr Raja Kishore Visakhapatnam Airport director VIS News Service nominate Corporation of AP s per a GO issued (INCAP) as Nodal by special chief Agency to deal with ‘Visakhapatnam air- the Vizag airport shows A ellers Association in the secretary to all the matters port is bouncing back signs of an economic re- month of August Government, Mr R pertaining to National phenomenally. In the vival. This is a good indi- Vijayawada airport Karikal Valaven it Infrastructure next 6 months you shall cator’ said the Vice presi- handled 30160 passengers stated ‘After careful Pipeline Projects in examination hereby Infrastructure the State’. Design crucial in minimizing risk against natural disaster

VIS News Service driven approach in design slopes. of structures. Prof. Prof. C.N.V. he Department of Civil Sivakumar Babu sought Satyanarayana Reddy, TEngineering, Andhra for more precise and re- Coordinator of the dent of AP Air Travellers University, the National liable soil investigation followed by 18108 by see considerable growth programme urged the par- Association. Institute of Disaster Man- data for use in disaster Tirupati and 11502 by and if all goes as per plan ticipants to focus on re- agement (NIDM), New risk analysis. sults of the forensic stud- Delhi in association with Dr. Neeelima ies of failures from ear- The quick recovery in passenger traffic Indian Geotechnical So- Satyam, IIT Indore pre- lier disasters and adopt ciety, Visakhapatnam sented the issues of suitable design strategy. at the Vizag airport shows signs of an Chapter recently orga- monitoring of rainfall in- nized a three day Online Prof. T.V. Praveen, economic revival. This is a good duced landslide using tilt Head, Dept. of Civil En- National Training sensors, soil moisture re- indicator. Programme on “Disaster gineering, AU in the vale- cording devices and rain- dictory address Mr DS Varma Risk Reduction in Resil- fall gauges with a case ient Infrastructure”. emaphasised the role of Vice president of AP Air Travellers study. subsoil conditions on sta- Addressing the Association Prof. Sai Vanapalli, bility of structures during webinar Prof. University of Ottawa, disasters. More than 300 Sivakumar Babu Canada an expert in the Participants comprising Rajahmundry. we should again cross Currently there are 16 stressed the need for area of unsaturated soils Practicing Engineers, the 1 million passenger flights that are being op- multiple disaster analysis In terms of total air- said that the change in be- Academicians, Research mark in this fiscal’ said erated to and from Vizag of a structure and to craft movements Vizag havior of unsaturated soil scholars and Students Vizag’s Airport director, connecting major cities adopt reliability based de- was the highest wherein upon saturation is respon- from different parts of Mr Raja Kishore like Delhi, Mumbai, sign for reducing the risk for the month of August’ sible for loss of shear the country are said to speaking to Vizag Indus- Kolkata, Bangalore, against natural disasters. 20 it saw over 619 flights strength of soil and leads have attended the train- trial Scan. Chennai and Hyderabad. He suggested using data to landslides in steep soil ing programme. Oct 1-15, 2020 Classifieds VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 6 VIS Special SUBSCRIPTION Offer :

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The platform VIS News Service the successful culmination Command(ENC). and organic products Trifed & Tribes India. provides the tribal suppliers ri City, an integrated I of the Operational Cycle 16 trophies were marketplace, the Tribes In- with an Omni-channel facil- business city recently Mr Arjun Munda said S of the Eastern Fleet of the awarded in recognition of dia e-market place,was re- that Tribes India e-Market- ity to sell their goods through bagged India's Leading cently launched by Mr place is an ambitious initia- their own retailers and dis- Brand-2020 award from Arjun Munda, Union tive through which tributors, TRIFED’s net- 'The Brand Story'. Minister for Tribal Affairs. TRIFED aims to on board work of Outlets and e- A Media and Event This ini- Com- solutions company The tiative show- merce Brand Story, adjudged cases the partners Sri City as one of the top produce and as well as brands in the country, handicrafts their own and announced the of tribal en- account award under the cat- terprises in e-Mar- egory of Integrated Busi- from across ketplace. ness City. the country and helps them 5 lakh tribal producers for The Minister hoped The award was con- market their produce/ sourcing of various handi- that new TRIFED initia- ferred in a virtual func- products directly. craft, handloom, natural tives to showcase tribal tion wherein it declared This is yet another path food products across the produce and handicrafts the names of the top Indian Navy. excellence in various op- country and brings to you the will connect tribal forest breaking initiative to trans- brands. As per an official re- erational verticals. The best of tribal produce. dwellers and artisans with form tribal lives and liveli- Commenting on the lease from Indian Navy most coveted trophies of national and international hoods. Apart from the The suppliers comprise receiving the award Mr. FAF acknowledges the Best Ship was awarded to markets. Tribes India E-market- of individual tribal artisans, Ravindra Sannareddy resilience and persever- INS Sahyadri amongst said,"We are very proud ance of Men-in-Whites Capital ships and INS Vizag Prof earns Doctorate for being recognised as appointed on board ships Kora amongst Corvettes one of India's leading of ‘Poorvi Beda’ or col- and similar classes of brands by 'The Brand loquially called the ships. for Study on MSMEs Story'. We consider it as ‘Sword Arm’ of ENC. Indian Naval Ships an endorsement for our This year’s edition was Airavat and Kiltan jointly VIS News Service commitment and high hosted by Rear Admiral bagged the ‘Best Spirited s Konkipudi Uma standards adopted in de- Sanjay Vatsayan, NM Ship’ displaying indomi- MNageswari was re- veloping Sri City as Flag Officer Command- table spirit and grit whilst cently awarded a research India's most bustling 'glo- ing Eastern Fleet, and the undertaking a plethora of degree (Ph.D) in com- bal business hub'." Chief Guest for the event challenging missions. merce and Management studies on her thesis en- titled ‘Problems and Pros- Vizag’s wonder kid sets record pects of entrepreneurs in VIS News Service Manjima is a star chef micro and small enter- and a Reality cookery prises (A study with ref- ten-year old girl of show Finalist. It is in- erence to North Coastal Navy Children’s A formed that Saanvi started Districts of Andhra enterprises in the areas of tant professor in the de- School in Visakhapatnam cooking at a very early Pradesh). She was given Financial, Marketing, partment of Management has entered the Asia Book age alongside her mother the degree by the VC on Technological, Managerial, studies (PG courses) in Dr of Records and India and grandparents and has the recommendation of raw materials, labour etc. Lankapalli Bullaya college. Book of Records in cook- also participated in many the board of examiners. In She then goes on to sug- ery. The thesis was done Childrens Cookery shows, her thesis she tries to un- gest certain measures for under the guidance of Prof Saanvi M Prajit, wich, papdi chat, fried rice, winning acclaim for her derstand the problems their improvement. Ms B. MuraliKrishna and daughter of Wing Com- chicken roast, pancake, effort in the culinary field. faced by micro and small Umanageswari is an assis- AU Prof Jaladi Ravi. mander Prajit Babu and Manjima, cooked as appam and mushroom Apart from having a many as 33 food items in- tikka in just one hour on YouTube channel show- Award Petrol Pump doubles cluding idly, waffle, corn August 29 to achieve the casing her various dishes, fritters, uthappam, paneer feat. Saanvi is also a trained for SDI up as a Bank tikka, egg bulls eye, sand- Sanvi’s mother Bharatanatyam dancer. n order to help clients in their day-day banking needs, Ithe staff at Anuradha Auto Service Centre, a Bharat KVIC Petroleum (BPCL) outlet, doubles up as a banking point Business Incubator of Fino Payments Bank. launches Equipped with Fino’s Micro ATM and Aadhaar en- at IIIT Sri City abled payment system (AePS) devices, the staff at the nion Minister for Edu ‘It is centers like these, DigniTEA outlet transform into a human ATMs, helping people with Ucation Mr Ramesh ‘Gyan Circle ventures’ deposit, withdrawals or money transfer transactions and Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ virtu- which have the potential to VIS News Service even open new accounts. ally inaugurated the Gyan instill entrepreneurship in o celebrate Sewa young minds and steward Customers can also purchase Circle Ventures, a MeitY Diwas, which insurance (health, life, funded Tech- them to T marked the birthday of Covid and motor) pay utility nology Busi- become success- the Prime Minister Mr. VIS News Service bills, recharge mobile and DTH ness Incubator at the BPCL outlets. (TBI) at Indian ful innova- Narendra Modi, Khadi and Village Industries Com- he HPCL run Skill “Fino’s objective is to help customers bank anywhere, Institute of In- tors’ said mission (KVIC) recently TDevelopment Insti- anytime by bringing services closer to their doorstep, formation the minis- distributed 6 innovative tute, in Visakhapatnam especially in rural areas. Towards this we are making Technology, Sri ter. has bagged yet another neighbourhood outlets such as local shops and BPCL City (Chittoor), Gyan cycle-mounted Tea/Coffee award for its outstand- outlets as banking points. The outlets are close by and Andhra Circle Selling units under Project ing achievement in “Em- are open till late in the evening allowing customers trans- Pradesh. Ventures DigniTEA in New Delhi. ployment Enhancing Vo- act at their convenience either using a debit card or The Gyan Circle Ven- would func- tion as a The cycle-mounted tea/ cational Skills’ category. through Aadhaar authentication, without the need to visit tures is said to serve as a Technology Incubation and coffee selling units were The award was given a bank branch. Importantly, customers can focus on hub for innovation and Development of Entrepre- distributed to 6 unemployed during the 7th CSR India their work or business, while merchants can earn on startups by providing sup- neurs (TIDE 2.0) incuba- local youths to enable tea- Award 2020 presented every transaction. Also, cash is always available at these port, in various phases, via tion center as approved by sellers to earn a respect- by Greentech Founda- outlets unlike at some ATMs,” said DivakarBabu, investments, infrastructure the Ministry of Information able livelihood while selling tion. Cluster Manager, Fino Payments Bank and mentoring. Technology (MeitY). the beverages hygienically.