Bhubaneswar, Jan 14: State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) has approved two projects worth over Rs.470 cr.
Industry department officials have been directed by State Chief Secretary AP Padhi to have close monitoring and follow up for commissioning of the projects through District and State Level Facilitation Centers. Padhi also directed the department to suggest the available land from the land bank to the project proponents.
A meeting cleared the proposal of M/S Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd to set up a Common User Facility (CUF) for storage of petroleum products at Meramunduli in the district of Dhenkanal with total investment of Rs.270 cr.
This project is a common arrangement of IOCL, BPCL and HPCL, he said adding the CUF shall cater to receipt and storage of petroleum products like petrol, dissel, Kerosene, fuel oil, light dissel, High performance petrol and dissel. The CUF will also blend these products with imported additives.
The project will require 90 acre land, 3 KL/ D water and 450 KW of power and provide direct and contractual employment to around 344 persons.
The other project approved in the meeting is the proposal of M/S Starlight Energy Ltd to set up an Integrated Grain based Distillery unit along with a Parboiled Rice Mill and Co-Generation Biomass power plant at Goud Sariguda in the district of Kalahandi with a total investment of Rs.137 Cr.
The project requires 195 acres of land and 1 MW power as stand by for start-up of the biomass power plant.
The industry will make use of broken rice from the rice mills, maize and other grains produced in Odisha for distillery unit.
The husk from the rice mills will be used as principal raw material for production of biomass power. It will produce neutral alcohol for medicine, ethanol for blending in petrol and anhydrous alcohol for industrial use. The unit will provide direct and contractual employment to 108 persons.
The SLSWCA also reviewed the progress of the investment projects that were approved during the year 2015.
