Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved 12 separate industrial projects in a meeting yesterday. The projects comprise of 8 MSME and 4 large units in sectors encompassing Healthcare, Renewable Energy, Steel, IT, Cement, and Food processing. Other officials who attended the meeting include Chief Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy, Principal Secretary Industries Hemant Sharma.
With a combined investment of Rs 8,796.61 Crore, these 12 industrial units will generate employment opportunities for 7,090 persons in the state.
Addressing the occasion, Patnaik said, “I am delighted to attend the 10th phase of ground-breaking and inauguration ceremony for industrial units of the state today. I am particularly happy to note that our state continues its dominance as an attractive destination for the investor community despite the impact of COVID-19 across the world. The projects being taken up for ground-breaking and inauguration today are in broad-based sectors including cement manufacturing, renewable energy, seafood processing, IT, ITES and others. These projects will create more than 7,000 employment opportunities in the state”.
The projects that were inaugurated include:
- Ramco Cement Limited’s cement grinding plant at Haridaspur in Jajpur
- Aditya Birla Renewables Limited’s solar power plant at Bijepur in Bargarh at a capacity of 25 KW
- Rungta Mines Limited’s new unit – expanding its Integrated Steel Plant project from 0.9 MTPA to 2.85 MTPA capacity at Jharbandh in Dhenkanal
- Shyam Metalics and Energy limited’s new block for extension of its Pellet Plant from 0.3 MTPA to 1.2 MTPA capacity at Pandloi, Sambalpur
- UBN Software solution’s software development centre at SEZ Infovalley, Khordha
- B-One Business House Private Limited’s new Seafood Processing unit at Deras, Khordha
- Swosti Ecowares Limited’s Bio-degradable table wares disposal manufacturing unit at Growth Centre, Phase II, Balangir
- Baidyabooti Pharmacy’s Ayurvedic Products & Cosmetics manufacturing unit at Chhatabar, Khordha
- Mehan Industries Limited’s Coir Mattress & Foam manufacturing unit at Chhatabar, Khordha
- Diversified Energy Solution Limited’s Non-autoclave, lightweight cellular concrete bricks and slabs unit at Ramdashpur, Cuttack
- Swagath Urethane Private Limited’s Polyurethane Elastomer manufacturing unit at Ramdashpur, Cuttack
- Omm Eco Build Tech’s autoclaved aerated concrete blocks manufacturing plant at Ramdashpur, Cuttack.