The Orissa government’s Single Windown Clearance Committee (SWCL) on Tuesday cleared nine project proposals with total investment of Rs 70,314 crore including the massive expansion proposals of Vednata Resources and the Hindalco. The London-based Vedanta Resources has proposed to enhance its Lanjigarh alumina refinery capacity from the present 1 million tones per annum (MTPA) to 6 MTPA, and the Jharsuguda smelter capacity to 1.6 MTPA from 0.25 MTPA, besides the ramp-up of the capacity of the captive power plant to 1350mw from 675mw. The total investment would be Rs 37,440 crore.
Hidalco has proposed to enhance the aluminium capacity from 0.14 MTPA to 0.36 MTPA and the Hirakud captive power plant to 967mw from 367mw with a total investment of Rs 4430 crore.
Bhusan Steel is planning to set up an SME park in Dhenkanal district with an investment of Rs 3000 crore.
NSL Nagpatnam Power Ltd has plans to invest Rs 8940 crore to set up a 1320mw power plant at Boinda in Angul district, a spinning mill at Rayagada and a suger refinery at Paradip.
Ramakrushna Power is planning to set up a 120mw power plant using sea water at the cost of Rs 575 crore near Ganjam of the same district. Similarly, the SPI Ports is proposing to set up a 1320mw power plant using sea water with an investment of Rs 6609 crore at Mahakalpada in Kendrapara district.
Rohit Ferrotech Ltd, which has a ferro alloys facility in Kalinganagar, is proposing to enhance its capacity to 1 lakh tonnes to 6 lakh tonnes with an investment of Rs 2100 crore.
KU Projects is planning to set up a 1320mw power plant with a total investment of Rs 7220 crore.
The SWCL, headed by the chief secretary, T K Mishra, recommended the projects to the High Level Clearance Authority(HCLA) headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik for the final clearance.
