Odisha approves infra projects worth ₹1,411.58-cr

The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) in Odisha has approved eight proposals of ₹1,411.58 crore covering sectors like manufacturing, food processing, steel downstream, fertilizers and hospitality with huge employment generation potentials. The projects include ₹319.25 crore biomass plants by Bio WMS with a total capacity of Bio-CBG 19,000 tonne and Liquid CO2 29,000 tonne. The plants will be set up at Angul, Bargarh, Jaipur, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur.

A manufacturing unit for production of 200 kilolitres per day (KLPD) ethanol along with a 6-MW cogeneration power plant (CPP) by TPS Breweries and Distilleries Pvt Ltd will be set up at Junagarh in Kalahandi district with ₹235 crore investments.

A 200 KLPD ethanol along with 5 MW cogeneration plant by MGM Biofuels at Boudh with an investment of ₹225.24 crore also got approved. Industries Secretary Hemant Sharma informed that a new nano urea unit with an annual capacity of 33,000 kilolitres per year along with a bottling plant with a daily capacity of 2,00,000 bottles (500 ml) has been planned by IFFCO at Paradeep. The unit will be set up with an investment of ₹225 crore.

Similarly, a seawater desalination plant by TATA Steel Special Economic Zone Ltd with proposed investment of ₹107 crore, a unit for production of chrysotile white fibre cement corrugated sheet by Sahyadri Industries Ltd with ₹100 crore investment in Balasore and a hotel-cum-resort by Seascope Infrastructures and Hospitality Pvt Ltd with an investment proposal of ₹100 crore near Konark also got approved.

The government gave the nod for the New Modern Technomech Pvt Ltd expansion project by setting up a 70,000-tonne hot-dip galvanized steel structure at Baripada and a proposal of Odisha Concrete Pvt Ltd for setting up advanced drainage and sewage system products manufacturing plant at Barang.