Orissa - Projects and Development

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19 of the above 20 posts in this page are updates by SSCaddict.

[SSCaddict]

yeah!! thanks actually just want to update everyone about the development in the state because it is the state which has most number of resources in our country...

[SSCaddict]

Adhunik Metaliks begins mining at 3 Orissa mines

Domestic steelmaker Adhunik Metaliks today said one of its arm has begun mining at three manganese mines in Orissa even as it awaits regulatory nod to start development of an iron ore deposit in the state.

"Adhunik Metaliks has informed...That Orissa Manganese and Minerals, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Adhunik Metaliks, has started the mining operations in non-forest areas of three of its manganese ore mines.

"Further the Central Empower Committee (CEC) has approved the mining operations in Suleipat Iron Ore Mines over non- forest area of about 370 acres (150 hectares). ...The Company is now awaiting the state approval for commencement of mining," the firm said in a filing to Bombay Stock Exchange.
The subsidiary--Orissa Manganese & Minerals (OMML) has commenced mining operations at its three manganese ore mines ---Tentulidihi, Sanpatholi and Kusunidihi-- in the state.

While the company has paid the initial sum-- the Net Present Value (NPV)-- for the three manganese mines during the the last quarter.

Further, the company said it has got initial approval from the Central Empower Committee to mine iron ore from Suleipat iron ore deposits in the state for which it has already paid, but certain regulatory approvals are required to start the developmental work.

OMML is involved in the exploration, development, mining and processing of mineral assets.

It has six manganese ore mines in Orissa and one iron ore mine in Jharkhand. It is currently operating in Ghatkuri iron ore mines in Jharkhand (near Gua) and three manganese ore mines in Koira, Orissa. However, the Company's major operations are undertaken in Ghatkuri iron ore mines and Patmunda manganese ore mines.

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Orissa signs final pact for Rs.6,500 crore port project

Orissa Monday signed a final agreement with Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd for a Rs.6,500 crore port project, an official said.

The full-fledged all-weather port would be built by the company at Astaranga in Puri by 2015 on a build, own, operate, share and transfer (BOOST) basis, G.K. Dhal, secretary of the commerce and transport department, told IANS.

The company will submit a detailed project report within a year, Dhal said after signing the final agreement, also known as a concession agreement, with a senior official of the company in the state secretariat.

The port will initially handle 25 million tonnes of cargo per annum and will further expand to 70 million tonnes per annum, he said.

At the initial phase, dredging will be done up to 15.5 metres which will ultimately reach 20 metres. It will cater to ultimate vessel size of 1.75 lakh DWT (Dead Weight Tonnage), he said.

The government had earlier entered into an initial pact with the company in 2008 for the project. The concession agreement was signed as part of the terms and conditions in the initial pact, he said.

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[SSCaddict]

Rs 2400-cr plan by Orissa to check power losses

With a view to improving the power distribution system and reduce aggregated technical and commercial loss (AT & C), the Orissa government has launched a project with an investment of Rs 2,400 crore between 2010-11 and 2013-14. The state government will provide Rs 1,200 crore out of the total investment for the capital expenditure programme (CAPEX). The four distribution companies will generate the other half.
"The investment is aimed to develop commensurate technologically advanced distribution infrastructure to effect reliable and stable power supply in the state with minimum loss in the distribution system," said Naveen Patnaik, Orissa chief minister.

Orissa has signed an MoU 27 with power companies to set up independent power plants to boost the power generation in the state from the present capacity of 4,000 megawatt (mw) to 40,000 mw

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Orissa gives nod for land acquisition for ArcelorMittal plant

The Orissa government has accorded administrative approval for acquisition of 4905.19 acres of private land for the 12 million tonne mega steel project proposed by ArcleorMittal at Patana tehsil in Keonjhar district.

The state water resources department has also allotted 140 cusecs of water for this steel plant. This was stated by Raghunath Mohanty, the minister for industries and steel & mines, in response to a query in the state assembly.

ArclelorMittal, the world's largest steel maker, had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government on December 21, 2006 for a 12 million tonne steel plant.
The mega project involved an investment of around Rs 40,000 crore. As per the MoU, the project needed around 8000 acres of land.

The state government owned Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa Ltd (Ipicol) had approved 7002.72 acres of land for the steel plant and an additional 750.58 acres for the plant township.

Out of 7002 acres earmarked for the steel plant, government land is 2583.53 acres with the balance 4419.18 acres being private land.

The villages where land is to be acquired for the steel plant are Chilida, Angikala, Chemana, Nuagaonbalabhadrapur, Raikala, Dharuapada,Kimirdapasi, Bhringaraj, Birudipusi, Padmakesharpur, Kodakhemana, Bradaungua, Jamunapasi and Padmapur.

The township project will be spread over 750 cares in Chilida and Baliapsi villages.

It may be noted ArclelorMittal chairman, LN Mittal in a recent media interview had expressed dissatisfaction over slow progress of land acquisition and allotment of mining lease for his projects in India and favoured setting up of smaller steel plants at different locations in the country instead of going for mega ventures

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Tata Steel's Orissa project will kick-start by Jan

The construction of the six-MTPA steel plant in Orissa by Tata Steel is likely to begin from January, a top company official said today.

"Hopefully, the construction work of the plant will begin next month and will be completed by mid-2013," Tata Sons director J J Irani said today on the sidelines of an event at the CII-Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence here.

In May this year, Tata Steel even performed a low-key 'bhoomi puja' at the site in the Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex.

He said land was a big problem for industry and the agitation at Kalinga Nagar had led to a three-year delay in project implementation that led to substantial cost escalation.

Irani did not provide details on the cost escalation.

Speaking on the steel industry, Irani said the production target of 100 million tonnes by 2014-15 could be realised as demand for steel remained bouyant.

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Steel companies in Orissa pay INR 3000 crore taxes

Mr Raghunath Mohanty minister for steel & mines in the state assembly said that the Orissa government has earned revenue of INR 1031.21 crore (as on March 31st 2010) through different taxes and levies from the steel companies that have signed Memorandum of Understanding with it over the last six years. Besides, these steel companies have paid taxes of INR 1976.01 crore to the government of India.

This is despite the fact some of the big ticket investments like that of POSCO, ArcelorMittal and Sterlite Iron and Steel, which are embroiled in problems like protests over land acquisition and mining lease allotment, are yet to make any headway in the state.

As many as 50 steel players have entered into MoUs with the state government and 29 of them have started partial production. Together, the steel companies have generated direct employment for 21617 people and created indirect employment for 52546 others.

Out of the people engaged directly in the steel projects, 14544 are from within Orissa with the remaining 7073 from outside the state. In the indirect category, 37942 people are from Orissa while 14604 are from outside the state.

Combined these steel players have invested INR 50325.77 crore, achieving a steel production capacity of 7.79 million tonnes per annum and Captive Power Plant production of 1062 MW.

The companies that have gone into production are
Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (1.5 million tonnes per annum)
Shyam DRI Power (0.20 million tonnes per annum)
Rathi Udyog (0.15 million tonnes per annum)
Viraj Steel & Energy Ltd (0.15 million tonnes per annum)
Adhunik Metaliks Ltd (0.26 million tonnes per annum)
SMC Power Generation Ltd (0,25 million tonnes per annum)
SPS Sponge Iron Ltd (0.29 million tonnes per annum)
Aarti Steels Ltd (0.25 million tonnes per annum)
Bhushan Steel Ltd (3 million tonnes per annum)
Sree Metaliks Ltd (0,28 million tonnes per annum)
Deepak Steel & Power (0.2 million tonnes per annum)

Among the steel players that have made substantial investments are Bhushan Steel Ltd (INR 12,000 crore)
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (INR 8470.96 crore)
Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (INR 7000 crore)
Essar Steel Orissa Ltd (INR 5077 crore)
JSL Ltd (INR 3972 crore)
Visa Steel Ltd (INR 1626.83 crore)
TATA Steel Ltd (INR 1302 crore)
Brahmani River Pellets Ltd (INR 1169.42 crore)

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IPPs have invested Rs 12375 crore in Orissa

The Independent Power Producers (IPPs), who have entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Orissa government, have already invested Rs 12375.09 crore on their projects in the state.

Among the IPPs who have made significant investments are Sterlite Energy (Rs 7400 crore) Ind Barath Energy (Utkal) (Rs 1200 crore), GMR Kamalanga Energy (Rs 1145.83 crore), Jindal India Thermal Power (Rs 641.58 crore), Lanco Babandh Power (Rs 873.12 crore) and Monnet Power Company (Rs 570 crore).

This is as per the information provided by minister for energy Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak in a written reply in the state assembly.
Sterlite Energy has already commissioned the first unit (600 MW) of its 2400 (4x600 MW) power plant at Burkhamunda near Jharsuguda. Out of the total land requirement of 2400 acres, the company has already taken possession of 705 acres of land. It has been allotted 73 cusecs of water from Brahmani river and also allocated the Rampia Dip side coal block, having a reserve of 112.22 million tonnes.

Ind Barath Energy (Utkal), which is setting up a 700 MW power plant at Sahajbahal near Jharsuguda, has taken possession of 545 acres out of a total land requirement of 725 acres. It has been allotted 28 cusecs of water from Mahanadi river. The power plant is likely to be commissioned by November 2011.

GMR Kamalanga Energy has taken possession of 999.795 acres out of total land requirement of 113.17 acres for its 1050 MW power plant proposed to be set up at Kamalanga in Dhenkanal district. The company has been allocated the Rampia Dip side coal block and also permitted to draw 30 cusecs of water from the Brahmani river. The power plant is scheduled for commissioning by February 2012.Jindal India Thermal Power has already acquired 1063 acres of its total land requirement of 1100 acres for its power plant proposed to be set up at Deranga in Angul district.

The company has got the coal linkage (Mandakini coal block) and its power plant is expected to be commissioned by December 2012.

It may be noted that 27 IPPs have signed MoUs with the state government in the past four years.

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Idco allots 34074 acres to 53 companies

The state owned Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Orissa (Idco) has allotted 34074.04 acres of land, both government and private land, to 53 out of 88 companies that have entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government.

In total, these 53 companies had applied for 61542.41 acres while the Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa (Ipicol) had appraised their land requirement at 57034.98 acres.

Out of 34074.04 acres of land allotted to these industries, 24158.41 acres are private land with the remaining 9915.62 acres being government land.
As many as 37 steel companies have been given 20431.30 acres of land which includes 13725.09 acres of government land and 6706.21 acres private land. Together, these steel companies had applied for 38357.73 acres of land while Ipicol had appraised their land requirement at 31232.15 acres.

Amongst the steel companies, Idco has so far allotted 3738.59 acres to Jindal Steel & Power at Kerajang in Angul district, 1530.52 acres to Bhushan Steel at Meramandali in Dhenkanal district, 3040.39 acres to Tata Steel at Duburi in Jajpur district, 1375.53 acres to JSL Ltd at Duburi, 568.91 acres to Posco India at Kujang in Jagatsinghpur district and 525 acres to Visa Steel at Duburi.

In the aluminium sector, Idco has allotted 7246.47 acres to two companies- Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) and Aditya Alumina. The corporation has allotted 1831.82 acres to VAL at Burkhamunda near Jharsuguda for its alumina smelter and captive power plant. Similarly, the company has been allocated 2050.94 acres at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district for its alumina refinery.

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[jaadu]

Good to see action on ground .. means if land aquisition is being completed and construction starts then it really shows that all the MOU's are not gas but are solid projects ..

I think this is a big difference between Jharkhand and orissa .. both have signed a lot of MOUs but because of lack of responsible govt in jharkhand most of the MOU's have just vanished into the thin air .. except for a few projects like electrosteel , Jinndal steels and now Posco is doing some work ...


We need more development in the mineral rich states of orissa , Chattisgarh and Jharkhand ... I am glad Orissa is showing the way !!

[SSCaddict]

JSL, Gridco sign Power Purchase Agreement

JSL Ltd (formerly Jindal Stainless Ltd) today entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Grid Corporation of Orissa Ltd (Gridco), the bulk purchaser of power in the state, for its 1320 MW Independent Power Plant (IPP) proposed to be set up at Luni in Dhenkanal district at an investment of Rs 7375 crore.

The PPA was signed by Rajdeep Mohanty, resident director, JSL and A C Mallik, director (commercial), Gridco in the presence of P K Jena, the state energy secretary and Hemant Sharma, managing director of Gridco.

With the signing of this agreement, JSL will be in a position to supply 158MW of power to the state grid on continuous basis, thereby helping the state during power crisis.
Besides, JSL, through its CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities, will take up environmental & development work in the Dhenkanal district.

The project has an employment potential of 2600 which includes both direct and outsourced jobs.JSL Ltd is forming a new company called JSL Energy Ltd for its upcoming IPP and this company will be registered in Orissa, said Mohanty.

“The company is also focused to establish an ITC in Gardpur Block of Kendrapada District as a part of its community development initiative”, he added.JSL is also setting up a 1.6 million tonne per annum (mtpa) stainless steel plant at Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur district.

The first stainless steel production of 0.8 mtpa will commence from the first quarter of 2011.

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Orissa inks pacts for three power plants

The Orissa government Monday signed pacts with three private sector companies for setting up thermal power plants in the state with an estimated total investment of Rs.20,469.60 crore (about $4.5 billion) and capacity of 3960 MW, an official said.

The pacts was signed with KU Projects Private Limited (KPPL), SPI Ports Private Limited (SPIPL) and NSL Nagapatnam Power Company Private limited (NNPCPL), a senior official of the state energy department told IANS.

Each firm will set up a 1320 MW coal-fired super critical thermal power project, he said.

While KPPL proposed to invest Rs.7,260 crore (about $1.6 billion) for its project at Pitamahul in Sonepur district, SPIPL planned to invest an estimated Rs.6,609.60 crore (about $1.4 billion) for its project at Mahakalpara in the district of Kendrapada.

NNPCPL has proposed to set up its power project at Banamalipur in Angul district with an estimated investment of Rs.6,600 crore (about $1.4 billion), he said.

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[sixsigma1978]

Hey EnergyMan!! Any clue as to what is the Total of all PRO/APP/UC power projects in Orissa? Mayhap we can make a list similar to the one we did in UP!!! This state is throwing some mind boggling numbers when it comes to Power Capacity Addition

[SSCaddict]

34,000 MW of only thermal by private developers(IPP) and the state board will be 3000 or 4000 MW maybe....

here is the status of all IPP's as of sept 2010- CLICK HERE



and BTW the power ministry is planning 3 UMPP's in orissa and ntpc also will have 10,000 MW by 2020(or even more) so you can expect at least 60-70k Of thermal power by 2020 in orissa

[SSCaddict]

also orissa,jharkhand and chhattisgarh will be the power houses of our country(due to their humongous coal reserves) with AT LEAST 1,00,000 MW of thermal power by 2020 which will be approx 25% of total power installed in our country

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177 investment proposals worth Rs 6.72 lakh crore cleared

Orissa, which has earned the tag of an 'investors' paradise', has so far cleared 177 investment proposals across sectors worth Rs 6.72 lakh crore. These proposals were from among 324 applications received by the state owned Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation (Ipicol).

The state has entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with 88 players including 50 in the steel sector, 27 Independent Power producers (IPPs), three in cement, three in aluminium sector, four in the port sector and the remaining in areas like downstream industries and auto ancillaries.

Of the total investments proposed, power sector has the biggest share at 40 per cent, followed by manufacturing at 33 per cent, mining at 15 per cent, transport & communication at eight per cent, services at two per cent and irrigation and construction at one per cent.
The state has been consistently ranked one between 2005 and 2009 by the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE) in terms of total investments attracted in the manufacturing sector.

The Orissa government has earned a revenue of Rs 1031.21 crore (as on March 31, 2010) from the steel companies that have entered into MoUs with it. Besides, these steel companies have paid a revenue of Rs 1976.01 crore to the Government of India. As many as 50 steel players have entered into MoUs with the state government and 29 of them have resumed partial production. Together, the steel companies have generated direct employment for 21617 people besides offering indirect employment to 52546 others. Out of the direct job creation in the steel projects, 14544 are from within Orissa while the remaining 7073 are from outside the state. In the indirect category, 37942 people are from Orissa while 14604 are from outside the state.

The steel players have invested Rs 50325.77 crore, achieving a steel production capacity of 7.79 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) and Captive Power Plant (CPP) production of 1062 MW. The companies that have gone into steel production post signing of MoUs are Bhushan Power & Steel (1.5 mtpa), Shyam DRI Power (0.20 mtpa), Rathi Udyog (0.15 mtpa), Viraj Steel & Energy (0.15 mtpa), Adhunik Metaliks (0.26 mtpa), SMC Power Generation (0,25 mtpa), SPS Sponge Iron (0.29 mtpa), Aarti Steels (0.25 mtpa), Bhushan Steel (3 mtpa), Sree Metaliks (0,28 mtpa) and Deepak Steel & Power (0.2 mtpa) to name a few. The steel players have spent Rs 59.55 crore on peripheral development. Among the steel players that have made substantial investments are Bhushan Steel (Rs 12000 crore), Jindal Steel & Power (Rs 8470.96 crore), Bhushan Power & Steel (Rs 7000 crore), Essar Steel Orissa Ltd (Rs 5077 crore), JSL Ltd (Rs 3972 crore), Visa Steel (Rs 1626.83 crore), Tata Steel (Rs 1302 crore) and Brahmani River Pellets (Rs 1169.42 crore).

Bhushan Steel has achieved a sponge iron capacity of 0.5 mtpa, steel output of three mtpa and also commissioned a CPP of 260 MW. The company had signed an MoU with the state government on November 3, 2005 to set up a three mtpa steel plant and a 155 MW CPP at Meramundali in Dhenkanal district. The company has generated direct and indirect employment for 14867 people. Similarly, the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) who have entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Orissa government have already invested Rs 12375.09 crore on their proposed projects in the state. Among the IPPs who have made significant investments are Sterlite Energy (Rs 7400 crore) Ind Barath Energy (Utkal) (Rs 1200 crore), GMR Kamalanga Energy (Rs 1145.83 crore), Jindal India Thermal Power (Rs 641.58 crore), Lanco Babandh Power (Rs 873.12 crore) and Monnet Power Company Rs 570 crore).

Sterlite Energy has already commissioned the first unit (600 MW) of its 2400 (4x600 MW) power plant at Burkhamunda near Jharsuguda.

Out of the total land requirement of 2400 acres, the company has already taken possession of 705 acres of land.

It has been allotted 73 cusecs of water from Brahmani river and also allocated the Rampia Dip side coal block, having a reserve of 112.22 million tonnes. Ind Barath Energy (Utkal) which is setting up a 700 MW power plant at Sahajbahal near Jharsuguda has taken possession of 545 acres out of a total land requirement of 725 acres. It has been allotted water from Mahanadi river.

The power plant is likely to be commissioned by November 2011.

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Land acquisition for OPTCL's 2000 Mw power plant soon

Land acquisition for the proposed 2000 Mw power plant planned by Orissa Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between state owned PSUs- Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) and Orissa Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC), will take off soon.

The project needs 2000 acres in all, out of which government land is 55 per cent, private land 42 per cent and forest land comprises only three per cent.

“The site for the 2000 MW power project of OPTCL has been finalized at Kamakhya Nagar. The land acquisition process will be set in motion soon. Only two small habitations will be displaced by the project. A rehabilitation colony and an ash pond will also be set up as part of the project”, a top official source told Business Standard.
Initially, the power project was to be set up at Rengali in Sambalpur district but it had to be relocated to Kamakhya Nagar as the Kaniha coal block falling under the previous site was declared as a ‘No-Go area’ by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in August last year.

Power production from this 2000 Mw plant is expected to take off from 2015-16.

The decision to build the 2000 Mw power project was taken up by the state government in June 2006. Thereafter, the board of directors of OMC and OHPC had agreed to form a joint venture company on January 29, 2007.

No coal block has been allotted by the Centre to OTPCL for the thermal power project. However, it has been decided to use the Baitarani West coal block allotted to OHPC and Mandakini-B coal block allotted to OMC for the project.

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Orissa approves investment of Rs 3,400 crore

Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (PTI) Carrying forward its industrialisation process, Orissa government today approved investment proposals of Rs 3,400 crore in steel, cement and paper sector, official sources said.The proposals from different companies were approved by the State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLWCC) headed by Chief Secretary B K Patnaik.Of the total Rs 3,400 crore investment proposals approved by the SLSWCC, Rs 2,870 crore would be in the steel sector, said industries secretary T Ramachandru.Among other projects, SLWCC approved a proposal from Tata Steel to set up a re-bar mill and a hi-carbon ferrochrome unit at its Gopalpur SEZ in Ganjam district. The steel major would invest Rs 800 crore in the project, he said.As the Tatas had earlier dropped their plan to set up a mega steel plant at Gopalpur due to scarcity of water, this time the company had been asked to use water through the process of desalination, Ramachandru said.While the Tata Steel was planning to manufacture 4 lakh metric ton of re-bar mill per annum from its re-bar mill unit, it would produce 55,000 metric tons of hi-carbon ferrochrome at the Gopalpur SEZ to be set up by the company.Other steel units included a 0.6 mtpa integrated plant at an investment of Rs 925 crore by Shyam Steel Industry, Sri Bajrang Power & Ispat company's 0.12 mtpa steel plant at an investment of Rs 500 crore and another 0.21 mtpa plant at an investment of Rs 645 crore by Rupa Ispat, he said.Aryan Mining and Trading Corporation Limited's proposal for setting up an ore benefication plant at Koeda in Sundargarh district at an investment of Rs 423 crore was also okayed, he said.Kashivi International's proposal to set up an iron ore pellet plant at an investment of Rs 56 crore was also cleared.Binani Cement Limited which had initially decided to set up a cement plant at Dhamra in Bhadrak district had been allowed to shift its unit to Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district.Replying a question, the industries secretary said the projects were approved keeping in view the availability of water close to their proposed plant sites.

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PowerMin hopes to get Orissa UMPP clearance tom

The Power Ministry is hopeful of receiving conditional forest clearance for coal to be mined in blocks attached to the proposed 4,000 MW UMPP in Orissa tomorrow, as invitation of preliminary bids has been hanging fire for a long time due to environment issues.

"The Ministry of Environment and Forests is likely to send the clearance report for the Orissa ultra-mega power project (UMPP) tomorrow... They have put certain conditions for the same," a senior Power Ministry official told PTI.

The MOEF may provide conditional forest clearance to the project, stating that the two coal blocks which fell in "no-go" areas will be only be given to two power projects, though three fall within the area.

"Two coal blocks may be pulled out of the no-go area, thereby allowing mining in those mines... But that is likely to be for only two projects," the official said, adding that there are three power projects being developed in that particular area.
One project is the 4,000 MW ultra mega power project at Bedabahal, the second one is an NTPC project and the third is a state government project.

The MOEF is believed to have asked the Power Ministry to decide which of these two projects should get the coal blocks, as providing mines for all three projects would be difficult.

"We will see what can be done after we receive the official documents from the MoEF," he added.

Power Finance, the nodal agency for implementation of ultra-mega power projects in the country, has already postponed the process of inviting preliminary bids for the Orissa project till March next month.

This is the seventh time the bidding process for the project has been delayed due to environmental hurdles.

The MoEF had put three coal blocks allotted to the project -- Meenakshi, Meenakshi B and the dipside of Meenakshi -- in "no-go" areas, which means mining cannot take place in these areas, as it may cause damage to the environment.

This had resulted in delaying the bidding process for the project, as developers are shying away from committing their capital in the absence of the requisite clearances.

The government has so far allotted four UMPPs, of which three -- Sasan (Madhya Pradesh), Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Tilaiya (Jharkhand) -- have been bagged by Reliance Power and the one at Mundra in Gujarat by Tata Power.

These UMPPs are going to contribute significantly towards the government's ambitious plans of adding about 1,00,000 MW of electricity in the next Five-Year Plan (2012-17).

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