Bramhani Industries

Bramhani Industries Limited also known as Brahmani Steels and Bramhani Steels is an Indian iron and steel company promoted by Obulapuram Mining Company and G. Janardhana Reddy.^[1] The company is building a 1.7MTPA steel plant in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.^[2] The company has announced plans to source state of the art steel equipment from China.^[3] The company has also proposed to build a 6 million metric ton steel plant in Bellary.^[4] JSW steel is said to be in talks for partial ownership of OMC.^[5] Bramhani steels and Obulapuram are linked to illegal mining of Iron ore in Karnataka^{[citation needed]}.

Political connections and resource allotment

Brahmani steels is reportedly in profit before producing any steel, owing to iron-ore sales from captive mines allotted by the Andhra Pradesh Government.^[6] Former Andhra Pradesh Chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy allotted 10,670 acres (43.2 km²) of land to Brahmani steels at a rate of Rs 18,500 per acre in Kadapa.^[7] There is also an ongoing controversy in the allotment of water to Brahmani Steels in Kadapa at the expense of Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project (RTPS).^[8] Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the son of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and the claimant of his political legacy, is reported to have a business interest in Brahmani.^[9]