Tata Steel to start construction work at Industrial Park in South Odisha next month

The construction work for Tata Steel’s Industrial Park in South Odisha is expected to start as early as next month as Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given Costal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance to company’s anchor projects.

The ministry has granted clearance for sea water intake and brine discharge from 1.2 million gallon daily (MGD) desalination plant proposed at the site for the Tata Steel's 4,00,000 tonne per annum (TPA) Rebar Mill and 55,000 TPA High Carbon Ferro-Chrome Plant.

Further, the steel major, as an anchor investor in the proposed Industrial Park, will be investing a sum of around Rs 1,000 crore on these projects, which initially will create employment for 1,000 people. Moreover, the preliminary work for the project is already underway and equipments for the same have started arriving.