The State level Single Window Clearance Authority (SlSWCA) headed by Chief Secretary AP Padhi on Wednesday accorded in principle approval to two investment projects worth Rs 470 crore.
Industries Secretary Sanjeeb Chopra presented views of the State Facilitation Center (SlFC) at the
meeting. Notably, the SlFC comprising technical and thematic experts is entrusted the job of expediting processes for approval of the proposed projects.
The proposal of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation ltd (BPCl) to set up a Common User Facility (CUF) for storage of petroleum products at Meramunduli in Dhenkanal district was approved. The BPCl would invest Rs 270 crore for the project.
Petroleum products like petrol, diesel, kerosene, fuel oil, light diesel and high performance petrol and diesel will also be blended at the CUF with imported additives.
The project will require 90 acres of land, 3 Kl/D water and 450 KW of power. It will provide direct and contractual employment to around 344 persons.
The other project approved by the SlSWCA was from the Starlight Energy ltd. This company will set up an integrated grain-based distillery unit along with a parboiled rice mill and a co-generation biomass power plant at Goud Sariguda in Kalahandi district with a total investment of Rs 137 crore. The project requires 195 acres of land and 1 MW power. The unit will make use of broken rice from the rice mills,
maize and other grains for distillery unit.
The husk from the rice mills will be used as principal raw material for production of biomass power. It will also produce neutral alcohol for medicine, ethanol for blending in petrol and anhydrous alcohol for industrial use. The unit will provide direct and contractual employment to 108 persons.
The two companies would be provided from the land bank.