Chronology
Timeline
Follow the record in sequence; every event opens to its supporting source.
Foundation stone at Sri City
Hero said it commenced construction of its new Andhra Pradesh manufacturing facility and laid the foundation stone in Sri City with the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister attending.
Project scale announced
Hero described a 600-acre Chittoor facility with 1.8 million units of annual capacity in three phases, Rs. 1,600 crore investment, 2,000 plant jobs, and 10,000 supplier-ecosystem jobs.
Chittoor Phase I commissioned
Hero's annual report says the Chittoor facility was commissioned during FY20 with Phase I installed capacity of 0.4 million units.
Phase I capex needs reconciliation
The same annual report gives two Phase I investment figures: around Rs. 622 crore in one section and approximately Rs. 700 crore in another.
Tirupati GPC 2.0 approved
Hero's board approved up to Rs. 600 crore for a Global Parts Center 2.0 at Tirupati, with storage capacity up to 36,700 SKUs and proposed capacity addition by FY2026-27.
Additional Tirupati investment and revised operations target
Hero approved an additional Rs. 170 crore for GPC 2.0 and said commercial operations were expected during FY2027-28.
Evidence boundary
Supported and not established
The line matters: archived records can support a finding without resolving every allegation, motive, or final outcome.
What the sources support
- The archived Hero sources support the 23 March 2018 foundation-stone event and the stated Chittoor project scale.
- The archived annual report supports that Chittoor Phase I was commissioned in FY2019-20 with 0.4 million units of installed capacity.
- The archived filings support a separate Tirupati GPC 2.0 investment track, with Rs. 600 crore initially approved and Rs. 170 crore added later.
What remains unresolved
- The archive does not establish actual Chittoor job creation against the projected 12,000 jobs.
- The archive does not reconcile the Rs. 622 crore and Rs. 700 crore Phase I capex figures in Hero's FY2019-20 annual report.
- The archive does not include AP-side land, incentive, vendor, or construction-progress records for Chittoor or Tirupati.