The State level Single Window Clearance Authority (SlSWCA) held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Parsad Padhi on Tuesday accorded in principle approval to three investment proposals worth Rs420.35 crore.
The Chief Secretary advised the IPICOl and the State level Technical Committee to promote more employment-intensive and downstream industries in the State. Principal Secretary, Industry Sanjeeb Chopra presented the proposed projects and outlined the issues for discussion.
Replying to a media query after the meeting, IPICOl GM Kalyan Mohanty said the approved projects included the proposal of M/S Grid Construction limited to set up 60,000 IPA Aluminium conductors manufacturing unit with an investment of Rs127.35 crore in Angul Almunium Park. This unit would provide direct employment to 50 persons.
The other two projects were the proposal of M/S SOM Distilleries and Breweries Odisha Private limited to set up 10 lakh hectolitres capacity brewing industry and 10.8 lakh hectoliters per annum capacity bottling plant near Khordha with a total investment of Rs193 crore and the proposal of M/S Bharat Petroleum Corporation limited to set up a lPG bottling plant at Balangir with a total investment of Rs100 crore. These two plants are expected to create 493 direct and indirect employment opportunities.
The SlSWCA along with the members of the State Project Monitoring Group ( SPMG) also reviewed the progress of earlier approved investment proposals. The reviewed projects included M/S Transmission Private limited's mining projects of OMC, construction of 220 KV transmission line from laxmipur to Damanjodi by M/S Nalco, M/S Tosali Cement Private limited, M/S Aditya Almunium Project, M/S- Bhusan Steel limited, Odisha Power Generation Corporation limited and M/S Emami Cement limited. The issues relating to land acquisition, forest diversion, construction of approach road, DGPS survey, power supply and use of water etc were discussed and resolved in the meeting.
Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan, Principal Secretary Forest and Environment Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, Principal Secretary Steel and Mines Raj Kumar Sharma, Principal Secretary Water Resources Pradeep Kumar Jena, Principal Secretary Energy Rajesh Verma, GRIDCO MD Hemant Sharma, IDCO MD Sanjaya Singh along with senior officials from respective departments participated.