Hyderabad :

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has proposed to set up a laboratory housing electronic warfare projects and an evaluation facility in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district.

At a meeting with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at CM Camp Office today, DRDO officials requested the government to allot land for the lab in Kopparthi village.

The officials informed Naidu that about 3,383 acres has been identified in the village for setting up the lab.

“The Chief Minister replied in the affirmative (to the request on land allotment),” a CM office statement said.

The DRDO team informed Naidu that the Government of India had already sanctioned Rs 468 crore for the project’s first phase proposed to be completed in 42 months.

The total investment earmarked for the project is Rs 10,000 crore over a period of 10 years, the statement said.

They told the Chief Minister the facility would also attract more investments from local as well as foreign firms. It would provide about 1,500 jobs to skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled personnel, it added.

source: http://www.articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com / The Economic Times / Home> Int’l/Svcs> Engineering / PTI / September 10th, 2014