Construction of LuLu mega shopping mall in Visakhapatnam will begin soon, says its CMD Yousuff Ali
The LuLu mall in Cochin, which was India's biggest, employed 8,230 persons.
The company would soon start a food processing plant and a hypermarket in Vijayawada. Similar hypermarkets were planned in other cities in Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Ali said, observing that these projects would bring in the much-needed foreign exchange and generate employment.
Mr. Ali said Andhra Pradesh was achieving commendable progress with each passing day, and that the LuLu Group was happy to be again associated with the State government, while recalling that the construction of the shopping mall in Visakhapatnam did not fructify earlier for reasons beyond his control.
As far as the proposed food processing plant in Vijayawada was concerned, Mr. Ali said the area had abundant raw materials, and the facility would help the company in ensuring uninterrupted supply of that material to its 38 food processing plants located around the world. Currently, LuLu was exporting a huge quantity of vegetables and fruits from Andhra Pradesh.
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