By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/DHENKANAL: Call it Siddharth Rungta of Rungta Mines Limited makes Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Happy. Rungta Mines Ltd, (RML) the flagship Company of SR Rungta Group, which has been in the mining business for the past 6 decades, was incorporated by Late Mr. S R Rungta in 1962, to support India’s steel industry, now started getting huge praise for it expansion project in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, bordering Angul, home turf of State’s Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik himself acknowledged RML’s expansion projects in Dhenkanal while meeting through VC with local MLAs and other people. He said by 2030, steel production in the state will reach 100 million tonnes. The state government has taken the necessary steps to increase investment in the state.
The state government has recently approved an investment of Rs 14,000 crore in Odisha mainly in steel industry. The project includes an integrated steel project worth Rs 11,000 crore from Dhenkanal of Rungta Mines Limited. Patnaik said that the project would be especially helpful in the economic development of the district.While the project currently produces 3 million tonnes of steel, it will now produce 4.55 million tonnes of steel.The expanded project has brought happiness to Dhenkanal district.Despite COVID-19, investment in the state has increased to 6.41 lakh in the last two years. Minister for Mines and Steel Prafulla Mallick said the RML’s project would be a milestone in the development of Dhenkanal district. He welcomed the Chief Minister’s efforts to enrich the Dhenkanal district with industry.
Among others, MP Mahesh Sahu, MLA Sudhir Samal, Dr Narsingh Sahu were among those present . Chief Minister’s Secretary 5-T VK Pandian said Odisha had been relying on the cooperation of other states in various fields. “But today Odisha has extended a hand of cooperation to other states and brightened the picture of development,” Pandian said
