Govt starts revival of Talcher fertiliser plant in Odisha - Ferlizer Ministry.

The Fertilizer Ministry said that the government has started work on reviving Talcher fertiliser plant in Odisha by putting a brand new factory, for which old redundant plant with obsolete machineries is being disposed off.

The ministry in a statement said that 'Since the Government of India has planned to set up a new Urea Plant with higher capacity, the old redundant plant with obsolete machineries need to be dismantled for making space for the new plant.'

The old equipment, plant and machinery cannot be used in the new unit and is worth only scrap. This scrap is being sold to make way for setting up of a new plant.

Fertilizer Ministry added that two PSUs Metals Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC) and Projects Development India Limited (PDIL) were entrusted with task of sale of unusable items and machineries through e-auction.

The statement said that 'E-auction was held in March this year, subsequently re-auction was held on May 9th, as the highest bid received in the first auction was low. In the re-auction, FCIL fetched INR 112 crore against the reserve price of INR 85 crore.'

It said that consortium of PSUs including Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF), CIL, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL), are working on the project.

RCF has already carried out geo-technical and topography survey of the project site. The Terms of Reference (ToR) for the project has been approved by Ministry of Environment and Forests(MoEF) and EIA/EMP studies for obtaining environment clearance are in progress.



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