The Orissa government’s single window clearance authority on Thursday cleared projects worth Rs 30,000 crore in steel, power and aluminium sectors.
Gujarat’s Ashapura Mines & Chemicals is planning to set up a 0.5 million tonne aluminium refinery, a 1.5 lakh tonne smelter and a 300mw plant in Koraput district. The total investment will be around Rs 4,232 crore.
The proposals for setting up power projects by Bhusan Ltd, Visa Power, and Monnet Energy have been cleared by the authority. While Bhusan is planning a 2000mw plant in Angul district with an investment of Rs 8,483 crore, Visa Power and Monnet are proposing to set up 1000mw plants in Cuttack and Sundergarh districts, respectively.
Rungta Songs Ltd, Bonnai Industries, Free Grade, SMC Power, Braja Ispat, and Keonjhar Ispat are planning steel projects in Orissa. Goa Carbon proposes to set up a CPC coke plant in Paradip with an investment of Rs 225 crore. The authority also cleared the IRC Tubes’ proposed automobile component plant at Bamapada in Balasore district.
The proposals now need to be cleared by the high-power project clearance authority chaired by chief minister Naveen Patnaik, and after that MoUs could be signed.
The state government has constituted two task forces under the chairmanship of development commissioner RN Bohidar and industries secretary Ashok Dalwai to evaluate the proposals in cement and power sectors, respectively.