Update on Aditya Birla group’s projects in Odisha
Aluminium, Bauxite, Birlas, Koraput, Koraput- Jeypore- Sunabedha- Damanjodi, Sambalpur, Sambaplur- Burla- Bargarh- Chipilima, TOI, Economic Times February 16th. 2010, 3:52pmFollowing is an excerpt from a report in Economic Times.
Aditya Birla Group chairman, Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla is very hopeful of completion of the Rs 4,500-crore alumina refinery plant coming up at Kashipur in Koraput district and expansion of Hindalco aluminium smelter project at Hirakud in Sambalpur district.
… In June last year, the Orissa government had recommended the union mining ministry to allot mining lease of Lakharis bauxite deposit in Koraput district in favour of Hindalco Industries Limited, the flagship company of Aditya Birla Group.
This is the second bauxite deposit to be allotted to the Group, which entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Orissa government in April, 2005 is to set up a world-class aluminium complex in the state.
Officials said the Lakharis mine is estimated to have about 45 million bauxite deposits.
Earlier, the Hindalco was allotted Kodingamali bauxite deposit in the district for its proposed aluminium complex at Kansari.
Aditya Aluminium (another unit of Hindalco) had signed a MoU with the Orissa government on April 8, 2005 to set up an integrated aluminium complex in the state. The project involves a total investment of Rs 11,500 crores for production of 1.5 lakh tones of alumina and 3.25 lakh tonnes of aluminium per annum.
Aditya Aluminium has already signed a joint venture umbrella agreement with the Orissa Mining Corporation for bauxite mining in Koraput district.
The company has sought 2012 acres of land for its refinery and 3331 acres for the smelter, sources said.
The state government is in the process of acquiring land for the project, but faces problem in some villages, the sources added resulting in the delay in grounding of the project.
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:57 am
Aditya Birla should also be focused in Eduacation sector in Inida. It should start BITS and one World class school in Odisha… They will take profit from out state why not give something in return…
March 19th, 2010 at 3:27 am
I am sorry but I am tempted to say that once the idustries are set up , Educational Institutes will follow by default. Do you think that Institutes were simultaneoulsly established by industrialists in Mumbai or other developed cities in India ?