Green nod for Odisha power project.

A State green panel has given first-stage clearance to Orissa Integrated Power Ltd. (OIPL) for diverting 17.02 hectares of revenue forestland to set up a 4,000 MW UMPP in Sundargarh district in Odisha at a cost of ₹29,000 crore.

As per the proposal, the ultra mega power project (UMPP) requires a total of 1,302.36 hectares, which includes 17.02 hectares of revenue forestland, 1,285 hectares of non-forestland and 1,105.86 hectares of private land.

At a recent meeting of the Bhubaneshwar Regional Empowered Committee (REC), the proposal of the Orissa Integrated Power Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of State-run Power Finance Corporation of India, was recommended ‘stage 1’ approval with some conditions.

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