Odisha clears Rs 1.10 lakh crore mega investment proposals

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Bhubaneswar, June 2:
The Odisha Government on Friday approved ten investment proposals entailing an
estimated cost of Rs 1, 10,893.40 crore. These projects would generate
employment opportunity for about 46,054 people.
Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik-headed high-level clearance authority (HLCA) approved
the investment proposals in various sectors.
JSW Steel
Limited of Jindal Group, a leading manufacturer of integrated steel would set up
a mega steel project of 10MT capacity in Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district with
an investment of Rs 50,000 crore. It guarantees employment facility for nearly
30,000 youths.
The proposed
JSW project would come up on the land allotted to Korean steel major Posco.
Posco had already withdrawn from its steel project in the district and handed
over about 1,700 acres of land to the State Government.
While NLC
Thermal Power would set up 3200 MW power and steel project in Jharsuguda with
an investment of Rs 23,589.60 crore, Bhusan Power and Steel Ltd would develop
5.50 MTPA project in Jharsuguda (Rs 4,252.40 crore), Deepak Fertilizers and
Petrochemicals would set up a 3,30,000 MTPA technical ammonium Nitrate (Rs
1,750 crore), NMDC Pellet Plant would develop a 2 MTPA project at Dhamra (Rs
1,810 crore).
The HLCA
further approved the expansion proposals of fours. These projects include,
Nalco Smelter Expansion (0.50 MTPA) at Angul with an investment of Rs 10,000
crore with job assurance to 5,700 persons, Nalco Refinery Expansion (1.0MTPA)
at Damanjodi with an investment of Rs 4,357.20 crore with 900 job guarantees,
Rs 9,459.17 crore PPL’s urea plant expansion at Paradip with employment
opportunity to 2,667 and OCL’s 2.25 MTPA cement factory expansion project at
Rajgangpur. Rs 1,994.98 crore would be invested for this project which would
generate job opportunity to 365.

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