CPI State Executive Committee member T. Madhu on Saturday appealed to the State government to consider conducting a public hearing on environmental, socio and ecological impact on the local communities and coastal ecology due to the proposed Bulk Drug Park (BDP) in the Kakinada Special Economic Zone (KSEZ).
The government proposed to set up a Bulk Drug Park in about 2,000 acres at K.P. Puram and Kodhanda of Thondangi mandal in the KSEZ in Kakinada district.
On September1, the Department of Pharmaceuticals had, in principle, approved the project with a maximum financial aid of ₹1,000 crore from the Centre under the ‘Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks’. The State government would have to submit a Detailed Project Report (DPR) within 90 days.
