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HYDERABAD: After initial hiccups over the extent of land available for the manufacturing sector, the Mallavalli industrial park is emerging as a key manufacturing destination, according to industry sources.The industrial park is 43km from Vijayawada . Now the Autonagar is right in the middle of Vijayawada, with no prospects to extend it beyond the 275 acres it originally had.The Mallavalli unit of Ashok Leyland will be the 8th production site of the company. The APIIC is developing the infrastructure for a food processing park in Mallavalli,” says Prasad.Besides auto components and food processing, another area that is being focused on for housing in Mallavalli is the logistics sector. The road was delayed because local farmers were demanding a higher price for the land to make the road. AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for ALL’s bus-assembly unit on 31 March this year..