New car unit to come up in AP

Hyderabad, Mar 12 (UNI) Even as the opposition grilled the Congress Government for its failure to prevent the shifting of the proposed car manufacturing unit of the Volkswagen to Pune, Major Industries Minister J Geetha Reddy today informed the State Assembly that MLR Motors, an associate of Fiat, would set up its unit in the state.

Replying to a question from G Kishan Reddy (BJP), she said the backward Telangana region would have its first car manufacturing unit with MLR Motors, which had tied-up with General Motors associated company in China Wooling and Auto major Fiat, setting up a four-wheeler manufacturing facility in the state.

The project would provide direct and indirect employment to 8,000 people, she added.

The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on March 2 had approved allocation of 500 acres of land to MLR Motors, for setting up the car-making unit in the Auto Park recognised as Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

UNI