Royal Enfield plant in Tirupati district gets environmental clearance
The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority has cleared Eicher Motors' Royal Enfield Unit V at Vanelluru and Rallakuppam villages in Satyavedu mandal of Tirupati district, the company's first plant outside Tamil Nadu. The facility will have a built-up area of 1.49 lakh sq metres, with a greenbelt over 9.29 hectares, or 25.27 per cent of the project area. Backed by investment of up to Rs 2,500 crore, it targets nine lakh motorcycles annually and nearly 15,000 jobs.