The company aims to make Lanjigarh refinery the first zero-based refinery in the world.
Celebrations, of course, will happen when Congress scion, Rahul Gandhi, who anointed himself as the 'sepoy of Niyamgiri tribals in Delhi' at a public meeting here in 2008, visits the area again shortly.
The state government has coined this term -- 'bare foot managers', as the recruits would be drawn from youths with an ordinary background, preferably a graduate in any discipline, to handle multiple services ranging from accounting to administration and supervison for MSMEs.
The Orissa state government may soon recruit "bare foot managers" to provide various expert services to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the state.
In the past five or six years, the state has received investments worth around Rs 80,000 crore (Rs 800 billion) -- on the ground -- not counting the memoranda of understanding and plans like Mittal's, that are yet to take off.
The recommended sites are in river Budhabalanga (12 km in Balasore-Chandipur stretch), Kharasuan (14 km in Rajnagar-Aul stretch, 24 km in Aul-Aetpur stretch and 25 km in Singpur-Aul stretch) and 9 km stretch in Bhalabadrapur-Nuagarh portion of river Daya.
However, the proposal is yet to be placed before the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority. Sources said the environmental 'carrying capacity' study being commissioned by the Orissa State Pollution Control Board in the Sambalpur-Jharsuguda belt and the state government's reported reluctance to provide more bauxite mines to VAL are delaying matters.
Hyderabad-based KVK Energy and Infrastructure has parted ways with its beleaguered joint venture partner, Maytas Infra, in setting up a 1,050-Mw thermal power plant in Orissa under the banner of KVK Nilachal Power Pvt Ltd.
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