Bhubaneswar: September 03:High level Land Allotment Committee meeting held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Sri Aditya Prasad Padhi in secretariat conference hall today has accorded in principle approval for allotment of land to 38 investment projects in various sectors. While giving nod to the proposals for land allotment, Chief Secretary Sri Padhi directed to ensure economic use of land. Sri Padhi directed to ensure that 100% of the land allotted is utilized in the industrial works for which it is given. Sri Padhi further directed to ask the investors for making recruitment from Odisha more particularly in the sectors like food processing, apparel making and manufacturing. Additional Chief Secretary Forest and Environment Sri Suresh Chandra Mohapatra advised to ensure proper disposal of the wastes generated from manufacturing and automobile servicing units.
Chief Managing Director IDCO Sri Sanjay Singh presented the investment proposals with all its details for discussion. Sri Singh mentioned that these projects would bring investment of around Rs. 50819 lakh with employment potential of 4479 persons. After due deliberation, total of around 71 acre land was allotted in industrial estates of Khordha, Chhatabar, Analapatna, Deras, Mancheswar, Rasulgarh, Andharua, Janala and Bhagabanpur against all these 38 units.
These Units are in different sectors like vegetable and oil refinery, instant pasta, vermicelli & sweet potato, manufacturing of boats, launches, barges tugs, chemical tanks machine conveners etc, seeds processing, manufacturing of CRGO & LT control panel, manufacturing of garments, packaged drinking water, store for agricultural & food products, ice plant, manufacturing of UPVC doors & windows, sea food processing, cold storage for food processing, offset printing & publishing house, manufacturing of steel furniture , manufacturing of street lighting mounting equipments, automobile, production of medicine, sanitary napkins, surgical cotton of different varieties, manufacturing of stainless steel utensils, fly ash bricks, ACC blocks and development tribal education.
Additional Chief Secretary Forest & Environment Sri Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, Principal Secretary Industry Sri Sanjeeb Chopra, Principal Secretary Revenue and Disaster Management Dr Chnadra Sekhar Kumar, Principal Secretary General Administration Sri Ashok Kumar Meena, CMD IDCO Sri Sanjay Singh along with other senior officers from concerned departments participated in deliberations.
