Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will be embark on a four-day tour to Haryana and Maharashtra starting Wednesday.
Majhi is scheduled to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the newly-formed Haryana government in Chandigarh on October 17 and a meeting of chief ministers of NDA-ruled states later that evening, according to a communication from the chief minister’s office.
The next day, he will travel to Mumbai and attend a conference on opportunities in the Indian chemicals and petrochemicals sector. Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister J P Nadda is scheduled to chair the meeting.
The CM will participate in an ‘Investors Conference’ on Friday afternoon and on Saturday morning as part of the groundwork for the upcoming Utkarsh Odisha Make In Odisha conclave, to be held here on January 28 and 29.
On Tuesday, Industries Minister Sampad Chandra Swain said Majhi attending the meeting on chemicals and petrochemicals sector is significant given Odisha’s prospects for getting investments in these areas in Paradip as well as in Dhamra and Gopalpur. ““A high-level delegation of the Odisha government led by the chief minister will visit Mumbai to foster partnerships with business houses and attract investments by showcasing the opportunities available in the state,” he said.
Swain further stated that more than 300 investors, including leading industrialists from sectors like textile, garments and apparels, renewable energy, metal downstream and manufacturing, have been invited for the roadshow.
Majhi will also hold discussions with some leading investors in the steel sector and invite them to set up a mega steel plant in Keonjhar, he added.
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