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PM Modi laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation projects worth over ₹17,900 crore in Bhogapuram, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, on 1 August 2026, spanning aviation, semiconductors, ports and energy.
The new Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport was inaugurated, named after the tribal freedom fighter who led the 1922-24 Rampa Rebellion in the same region; a semiconductor plant's foundation was laid in Visakhapatnam.
The projects extend the Coastal Economic Corridor vision — modernising Visakhapatnam-to-Krishnapatnam ports and building new ports at Mulapeta and Ramayapatnam — alongside railway works worth roughly ₹1 lakh crore in the region.
Build a self-reliant semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem
Key: Approved by the Cabinet on 15 December 2021 with a ₹76,000 crore outlay, run as a specialised division of the Digital India Corporation under MeitY, implementing the Semicon India Programme
Make air travel affordable and connect smaller cities
Key: Referenced by the PM as driving the rise in operational airports; its second phase was recently launched with a ₹29,000 crore outlay
Integrate rail, port and air infrastructure planning for seamless multimodal logistics
Key: Cited as the framework unifying the region's port, rail and airport projects
A Coastal Economic Corridor links port modernisation, industrial clusters and connectivity infrastructure along a coastline to boost trade, manufacturing and the 'Blue Economy'. Here it covers modernising the Visakhapatnam-to-Krishnapatnam port stretch and building new ports at Mulapeta and Ramayapatnam, feeding into the wider Visakhapatnam Economic Region (VER) — which the government aims to develop into a leading economic hub in Asia.
Simple Analogy: A Coastal Economic Corridor works like an industrial highway along the coast — ports are the on-ramps, and industries and jobs cluster along the route they create.
Tribal freedom fighter, 'Manyam Veerudu' (Hero of the Jungle), who led the Rampa/Manyam Rebellion (1922-24) against the Madras Forest Act, 1882 in this same Eastern Ghats agency region; the new airport is named after him
The PM cited Ayodhya airport (named after Valmiki) and the Amritsar 'spoke airport' model (linked to Kashi) as part of a wider trend of naming new airports after historical figures and connecting them via hub-and-spoke routes
GS Paper 3 > Infrastructure; GS Paper 1 > Modern Indian History (Tribal Movements)
Recurring theme — Andhra Pradesh infrastructure visits are frequent in current PIB coverage
A ₹76,000-crore mission (approved December 2021) under MeitY's Digital India Corporation, implementing the Semicon India Programme to build India's semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem
A tribal uprising in the Godavari agency (Andhra Pradesh) led by Alluri Sitarama Raju against British forest restrictions on tribal cultivation, ending with his capture and execution in May 1924