By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/DHENKANAL: In a major boost to #MakeInOdisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday broken ground/inaugurated 12 industrial projects worth ₹8796.61 Cr which will generate jobs for 7090 people. They include 8 MSME and 4 large projects in healthcare, renewable energy, steel, IT, cement & food processing sector.
Chief Minister Patnaik inaugurated Ramco Cement’s plant in Jajpur and solar power plant at Bijepur in Bargarh of Aditya Birla Group. Ground breaking was performed for Integrated Steel Plant expansion in Dhenkanal for Rungta Mines Limited, Pelet Plant expansion in Sambalpur of Shyama Metalics, bio-degradable table wares disposal manufacturing unit in Balangir.
Other projects for which ground breaking was performed include software development centre, sea food processing unit, Ayurvedic products and cosmetics manufacturing unit, coir mattress and foam manufacturing unit in Khordha.
Ground breaking was also done for a lightweight cellular concrete bricks & slabs unit, PE unit and autoclaved aerated concrete blocks unit in Cuttack. Odisha continues to be a prime destination for investment by attracting ₹24,185 Cr from 35 industries since #COVID19 lockdown.
The projects that were inaugurated are Ramco Cement Limited’s cement grinding plant at Haridaspur in Jajpur and Aditya Birla Renewables Limited’s solar power plant at Bijepur in Bargarh at a capacity of 25 KW.The projects for which ground-breaking was done are Rungta Mines Limited’s new unit for expansion of 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 unit for expansion of its Pelet plant from 0.3 MTPA to 1.2 MTPA capacity at Pandloi Sambalpur, UBN Software solution’s software development centre at SEZ Infovalley Khorda, B-One Business House Pvt. Limited’s new Sea Food Processing unit at Deras Khorda.
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 Pvt. Limited’s Polyurethane Elastomer manufacturing unit at Ramdashpur, Cuttack and Omm Eco Build Tech’s Autoclaved aerated concrete blocks manufacturing unit at Ramdashpur Cuttack.
