India, July 6 -- Andhra Pradesh has attracted proposed investments worth over Rs 4.5 lakh crore across 172 SIPB-approved projects in Rayalaseema, while another 103 proposals signed during the CII Partnership Summit have taken the region's investment pipeline to more than 275 projects capable of generating over 3.5 lakh employment opportunities, sources said on Sunday.

The investment push comes as the Andhra Pradesh Government seeks to transform the drought-prone region into a major industrial and manufacturing hub through large-scale investments, infrastructure development and cluster-based industrialisation.

"Rayalaseema is emerging as a major industrial growth engine with investment commitments exceeding Rs 4.58 lakh crore across more...