By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 4 key industrial units were on Tuesday inaugurated and foundations stone laid for 17 projects at the 17th phase of the ground-breaking and inauguration ceremony for new industrial units in Odisha by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
Chief Secretary PK Jena, Development Commissioner Anu Garg, Secretary to CM (5T) VK Pandian, Industries Principal Secretary Hemant Kumar Sharma and IPICOl and IDCO MD Bhupinder Punia were among those present.
The cumulative investments for these industries are Rs 3,600 Crore which a can create employment opportunities for 9,200 persons. The Make in Odisha Conclave-2022 was an outstanding success as it could potentially generate around 10 lakh jobs in the state, CM Patnaik informed.
JSW MD Partha Jindal, Century Fibre Plates ltd Purusottam Malani, Gadre Marine Export Pvt ltd Arjun Gadre, May Fair Hotels Project Head Dillip Agrawal and Ctrl S Datacentres Ltd CMD Sridhar Pinnapureddy also spoke on the occasion. They said that they are finding a kind of positivity from the administration and industries ecosystem in Odisha is quite vibrant. They appreciated Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for making Odisha an attractive investment hub for the industries.
The ground-breaking and inauguration ceremony was held for projects spread across diverse sectors like Cement, Food Processing, Agro Processing, Plastics, Power &Renewable Energy, IT & ESDM, Steel Downstream, Textile & Apparel, and Tourism. The projects are spread across different districts in the state mainly, Angul, Balasore, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Khurda, Puri, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Sundergarh.
Inauguration of Shiva Cement entailing an investment of Rs 1523.24 crores was done which will generate about 600 employment opportunities in the state. The company has increased their clinker capacity by 1.32 MTPA and Cement capacity by 1.05 MTPA. During the event, a food processing unit of Gadre Marine Export Pvt. Ltd. was also inaugurated, marking an investment of Rs 68.11 crores. This state-of-the-art facility is expected to generate employment opportunities for approximately 405 people within the state. Gadre Marine Export Pvt. Ltd. Is the world’s third-largest manufacturer of Surimi, a type of value-added fish-paste based product. The company primarily exports Surimi and related products to countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, and other nations in South Asia.
The ground-breaking ceremony for CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. was also held, entailing an investment of Rs. 152.25 crores generating an employment opportunity for 110 people in the state. CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. has planned the establishment of a data center facility that offers co-location managed cloud hosting services. Additionally, ground-breaking for Centuary Fibre Plates Pvt. Ltd. – Unit-IV and Mayfair Hotels & Resorts Ltd. was also held. These projects entail investments of Rs. 103.5 crores and are projected to generate employment opportunities for approximately 360 people in the state.
Project Units of HIL Limited and Rarean Fluid-Tech Pvt. Ltd. were inaugurated, in Balasore and Khurda respectively. HIL Limited will be will be manufacturing AAC blocks and Cement sandwich panels, entailing an investment of Rs. 63.24 crores generating an employment opportunity for about 265 people. Rarean Fluid-Tech Pvt. Ltd. will be investing Rs. 49.50 crores in the state providing employment opportunities to about 97 people in the state.
The ground-breaking ceremony for Luminous Power Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was held at Angul entailing an investment of Rs. 481.96 crores generating an employment potential for 1,156 people in the state. It is a trustworthy brand and market leader in power backup, and residential solar space. They plan to manufacture Fuel Cells, ACC, Power Storages and Solar Batteries.
The ground-breaking ceremony of 2 Textile and Apparel units was also held, namely SAPL Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Cotton World (Unit-2), both at Kurukhi, Puri expected to generate employment to around 4200 persons, with project cost of about Rs. 100 crores.
Alongside these projects, ground-breaking ceremonies for Bio Agro Energy Pvt Ltd, Indalc Spirits Pvt Ltd., Ratnamani Metals and Tubes Ltd, IFB Agro Industries Ltd., Rourkela Sponge LLP, CMR Aluminium Pvt Ltd, Prabhukrupa Estates & Properties, Mangalam Tank Pipe and Sanitary, Niyo Polymers Pvt Ltd, Renewable Envirogic Pvt Ltd., and Shyam Beverages were also held in different districts.
