Steel & Food Processing Among Six Industrial Projects Approved By SLSWCA Committee

Bhubaneswar: Six industrial projects worth Rs 493.62 crore were approved at the 109th meeting of State-Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) held on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra.

The projects are slated to generate employment opportunities for over 1317 people in the State.

The projects which were approved by SLSWCA are:

Jatia Steel Ltd to set up a 2,50,000 MT TMT Rebar and 2,50,000 MT Wire rod
mill in Kalinga Nagar, Jajpur district, against an investment of Rs 125 crore, which will generate employment opportunities for over 150 people.

The committee has approved another downstream steel unit by the Sarangi Metal Works International Private Limited. The group will set up a Driveline &Torque Tubes-50,000 MT, Special Coated Rollform Structures- 15,000 MT, Hot Dip Galvanized Steel Structures- 25,000 MT at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district against an investment of Rs 65.37 crore. Over 568 people will be employed by the company.

The panel gave a nod to set up a 100 KLPD Ethanol Plant along with 2.5 MW Co-generations Power Plant by JRS Ventures Pvt Ltd at Sonepur against an investment of Rs 121 crore, which will generate employment opportunities for over 114 people.

SNM Hotels and Resorts Private Limited got the approval to set up a Hotel  and Resort facility in Somolo Island in Ganjam district at an investment of Rs 80.25 crore. It is slated to generate employment for over 185 people.

The Chief Secretary also gave nod to Danieli Corus Refractory Solutions Pvt Ltd. to set up a Carbon/Graphite block cutting and machining facility with a capacity of 1500 MT per annum in Khurda district, at an investment of Rs 51 crore. Likely to generate employment opportunities for over 150 people.

Approval was also given to Ashirvad Pipes Private Limited for setting up an 18,000 MTPA capacity HDPE and PVC Pipes manufacturing unit in Tangi, Cuttack, at an investment of Rs 51 crore, which will generate employment for over 150 people.

The Government’s primary focus has been on the employment-intensive sectors like metal downstream, food processing, tourism and plastic industries which employ thousands of employees in a single unit. Considering the huge skill force in this domain, such industries create massive employment in the state.