In a bid to scale up coal handling, Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, a Coal India subsidiary (MCL) has decided to double the 53.1 km Jharsuguda-Sardega rail link, which will shoot-up coal production, “MCL has already invested Rs 11.25 billion on the railway line.
Energy Minister Susanta Singh blamed the Centre for making consumers of the State pay more for power generated by NTPC. A day after Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused the State Government
State-run power giant NTPC’s board has approved an investment of Rs 9,785 crore for the 1,320 MW Stage-III expansion of its Talcher thermal power plant in Odisha, a source said.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) has got clearance from the Odisha Pollution Control Board for expansion of its Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline (PHDPL).
Taiwan’s state-owned CPC Corp has proposed to invest USD 6.6 billion in petrochemical projects in Paradip in Odisha using feedstock from IOC, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. A Taiwanese delegation today discussed investment in the petrochemical cracker and downstream units.
Essel Infraprojects, part of Subhash Chandra led Essel Group, has got the mandate to build the third line between Bhadrak and Byree Railway Stations on the East Coast Railway zone’s Khurda Road Division, in Odisha
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan is a key player in the government, handling the portfolios of petroleum and natural gas and skill development and entrepreneurship, and the Bharatiya Janata Party, as its face in Odisha.
The Odisha government is examining the proposal of the railways board to run a luxury train on the lines of Palace on Wheels for high-end tourists.
Odisha possesses over 1,21,000 acres of untapped land for industrial development. Its wage rate compares with other parts of the country.
Siemens India, the local arm of the German industrial automation giant Siemens AG, today announced it has deployed the world’s-largest powergrid stabilization technology solution at Rourkela in Odisha.
