The State Government has a proposal to set up 16 new industrial estates at different cities, informed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Jogendra Behera in the Assembly on Thursday.
In response to a question of Congress MlA Kailash Chandra Kulesika, he said that while the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) has already identified 14 places, the Odisha Small Industries Corporation ltd (OSIC) has identified the rest two locations.
Apart from this, an aluminium downstream park at Angul, a mega food park at Rayagada, a mega sea food park at Deras and an agro industrial estate at Nabarangpur would be established. This apart, steps are afoot to develop district industrial estates, he said.
The Minister too informed that Khadi and Gramadyoga Board has a plan to create a marketing platform for sale of khadi products of Odisha and other States in the capital city. Foundation stone has been laid for a four-storey building at Kharvel Nagar for this purpose, he said.
However, he said that the construction work is yet to state as no specific Yojana has been sanctioned and no funds have been allocated for the said building. As per primary estimate done by the Intach, a total of `20.70 crore is needed to construct the build, the Minister said.