Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) has approved 7 transformative projects with an investment of Rs 1482.53 crore.
In a meeting of SLSWCA, presided by Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena, on Friday, the projects on diverse sectors including textiles, chemicals, mining, steel production and biogas were approved.
The approved projects, which will generate 11,969 employment opportunities, will be implemented in Khurda, Ganjam, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Balasore and Rayagada districts.
In textile sector, MAS Udyat India Private Limited will set up garment factories, a fabric mill and facilities for knitting/dying seamless garments in Khurda with an investment of Rs 214.4 crore. The comprehensive initiative is expected to generate 8,844 jobs in the region.
In Ganjam, Vinner Labs Private Limited has committed investment of Rs 52 crore in a manufacturing unit for fine chemicals with annual capacity of 600 tonne. It is expected to create 130 employment opportunities.
MR Unicast Private Limited will set up a manufacturing plant to produce mining and crusher equipment with a capacity of 400 units per annum and a casting plant with 9,000 tonne capacity in Sundargarh with an investment of Rs 56.32 crore.
In Keonjhar, Tech AIC DRI Pellets Pvt Ltd will invest Rs 800 crore in the steel downstream industry. It proposes to establish an integrated steel products manufacturing plant with a capacity of 0.7 MTPA.
Alenn Steel Industries Private Limited, a major player in the steel downstream sector in Kalinganagar, Jajpur, with a comprehensive project cost of Rs 178.00 crore, plans to establish CR precision pipes manufacturing units, black and HRPO pipes manufacturing units, coil slitting and parting units and a cut-to-length unit.
In sustainable energy solutions, Reliance Bio Energy Limited has proposed a project on compressed biogas and fermented organic manure in Balasore with Rs 121.21 crore.
Terrestrial Food Processors Private Limited, a part of the JK Paper Group, will invest Rs 60.6 crore in a 150 TPD maize corn processing plant in Jaykaypur, Rayagada.