Slate Industry

Slate Industry:

Slate stone is available in this district from Obinenipalli in bestavaripeta to mallampeta in Donakonda mandal. 80% of slate stone produced in Indian is available in this region. Markapuram is famous for slate industry. There are 22 thousand small scale industries.

Hand loom industry:

Hand loom industry in this district from obinenipalli in bestavaripeta to mallampeta in donakonda mandal. 80% of slate stone produced  in India is available in this region. Markapuram is famous for slate industry. There are 22 thousand small scale industries.

Hand loom industry: Hand loom industry in this district has shined resplendently. This industry has earned intercontinental name and fame by putting a saree  in a match box. Hand loom industry in this district is renowned for the beautiful designs with herbal colors which could compete with machine made clothes. Chirala is famous for these designs. Hand loom items from this area are exported to different areas of the country.

Milk powder manufacturing factory: With a capacity of 30 tonnes of milk powder per day is going to be established at ongole with an expenditure of rs. 16.96 crores. Efforts are being done to produce table butter through powder plant.

Some of the well known industries are coramandal agro products and oils limited (CAPOL), priyadarsini spinning mills and I.T.C.  limited.

Industrial units are being developed with the help of central government, with the help of central salt marine chemicals research center and central salt commission, a salt unit was established at devarappadu, Here training will be given to manufacture salt in modern methods.

Ongole is an excellent business center. Products like butter, ghee, cigars, cearls, pulses, groundnut, chilies, turmeric etc. are exported from this place to different parts of the country.

Support available from the government to small and medium scale industries is not enough. Industrial estate in not developed in this district. Growth center is established in ongole with a special aim but it is neglected.

In the first weak of November 2005, the state government has given awards for best industries that have got loans from APSFD. D.Rajendra prasad of beerajakshi print industries (karamchedu) is one of the recipients of this award. 

As per the statistics of October 2005, the governments property (as per the record values) under the control of district co operative milk union (co-operative dairy) is rs.20.93 crores in total; the value of mechanical property is rs.1.21 crores and civil property is rs. 19.72 crores. The state government is revising the law of MACS (mutually aided co-operative society) to take control of this property.

About more than 32 large and medium scale industries were there in the district. Some of them are closed, while others are running into losses. Total investments are rs.414 crores. Timber and bamboo are forest wealth. Chirala and velupadam are famous for hand loom. This district is famous for Virginia tobacco.

Clarion power corporation ltd. a 12 megawatts power plant in this district is dependent of biomass. This plant tired for commercial rights on carbon wastage's (2005).