The Centre has approved the Odisha Government’s proposal to set up Kalinganagar National Investment and Manufacturing Zone in Jajpur district. The Zone will be a mega industrial zone having a world-class township to cater to the needs of the investors. This is the third Investment and Manufacturing Zone of India involving a massive area of 163 square kilometer.
The project is expected to invite 1 lakh crore rupees investment and generate 1 lakh 50 thousand direct jobs. The Odisha government had earlier said it plan to establish the zone on over 40 thousand acre of land by spending more than 10 thousand crore rupees at Kalinga Nagar.
Notably, the State Government had envisaged the major project as part of ‘Ease of Doing Business’. It had committed to providing 24 x 7 power, dedicated industrial feeder and quality physical infrastructure and common facilities for the project.
Did You Know?
- Odisha is very ancient & the oldest rocks (from Mayurbhanj) date back to 3 billion years (Our planet is believed to be 4.5 billion years old)
- Chandragupta Maurya was hesitant for 60 long years to attack Kalinga (old name of Odisha) as the Kalinga army of 60,000 managed to annihilate one lakh enemy soldiers, a quarter of the empire’s army.
- Odisha became the first state to enact the Lokayukta Bill law after the central act was passed in Parliament.Over 62 distinct tribal groups live in Odisha, each one with its own culture and traditions different from the other.
- Odisha became the first state in the country to launch special drives to register migrant labourers working in different states.
- Odisha is popular for having 3 mass nesting beaches of rare Olive Ridley Sea Turtles including world’s largest nesting ground of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, Lepidochelys Olivacea.
- Largest wetland of Asia (Chilika) now designated as a Ramsar site in Odisha.
