Chief Secretary has directed the facilitation cells at State and District levels to check the State Monitoring Group ( SPMG) and Central Monitoring Group ( CPMG) website on daily basis and track the grievances, problems and issues posed by the industries. The cells have been authorized to take up and resolve the issues raised by the project proponents within a period of 15 days. The respective departments have also been asked to render necessary cooperation in the matter. Chief Secretary has further directed the cells to put up the unresolved issues before the SPMG/ DPMG respectively. It may be pertinent to mention here that SPMG functioning under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary addresses the issues faced by investment proposals within the range of Rs.50 cr to Rs.1000 cr. The projects with investment proposal of more than Rs.1000 cr are monitored by CPMG.
Replying to media queries after the meeting, General Manager IPICOL Sri Kalyan Charan Mohanty said that the SLSWCA meeting today considered 7 proposals out of which 3 have been recommended to HLAC after necessary scrutiny and 4 proposals have been accorded in principle approval. The projects recommended to HLAC include the proposal of Bhusan Power & Steel Ltd for expansion of steel making capacity from 2.80 MTPA to 5.5 MTPA at Thelkeloi in Sambalpur district with investment of Rs.4837 cr., the proposal of Ardent Steel Ltd to expand its iron ore pelletisation plant from 0.60 MTPA to 1.80 MTPA and addition to iron ore beneficiation plant at Phulijhar in Keonjhar district with investment of Rs 4031 cr. and the proposal of Utkal Alumina International Ltd. for expansion of its alumina refinery capacity from 1 MTPA to 1.5 MTPA and CPP from 50 MW to 90 MW with investment of Rs.7563.70 cr.
The projects which have received in principle approval of the committee include the proposal of Pro Minerals Pvt Ltd to set up MTPA iron ore pelletisation plant at Basantpur in Keonjhar district with investment of Rs.238.97 cr., the proposal of Saraf Agencies Pvt Ltd to set up 15 MW CPP at Chrtrapur in Ganjam District with investment of Rs.99 cr., the proposal of Ramco Cement Ltd to set up 0.9 MTPA cement factory inside IMFA complex, Choudwar in Cuttack district with an investment of Rs.406 cr., and the proposal of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd to set up a common user facility for storage of petroleum products at Berhampur in the district of Ganjam with investment of Rs280 cr.
Development Commissioner Sri U.N. Behera, additional Chief Secretary Finance Sri R. Balakrishnan, Principal Secretary Steel & Mines Sri Raj Kumar Sharma, Principal Secretary Revenue & Disaster management Dr. Mona Sharma, Principal Secretary Energy Sri Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, CMD IDCO Sri Vishal Dev, CMD GRIDCO Sri Hemant Sharma along with other senior officers from concerned departments participated in the discussion.