Munat informed the House that the plant would be requiring 6000 cubic meter of water per day during the construction stage and 147120 cubic meter per day for operating the plant. The minister said pipe lines would be laid from Indrawati and Sabri rivers to the plant site for ensuring water supply
The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) would get water for its Nagarnar steel plant from Indrawati and Sabri rivers.
The Minister for Industry in Chhattisgarh, Rajesh Munat informed in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly (CLA) on Wednesday that the state government would meet NMDC plant’s water requirement from Indrawati and Sabri rivers flowing in Bastar region where the mining major is setting up a steel plant.
NMDC, as part of its expansion, value addition and forward integration programme is setting up a 3 Million Tonne Per Annum (MTPA) capacity greenfield Integrated Steel Plant in Nagarnar, located 16 km from Jagdalpur—the divisional headquarters of Bastar region. The company plans to invest Rs 15,525 crore in the project.
The foundation stone for the project was laid on 3 September 2008. The land for the plant has already been acquired as of August 2010 and, as of February 2012, 5 major packages of the steel plant have already been awarded at a cost of around Rs.6,500 crore.
The project is based on HiSmelt technology and NMDC expects to commission the plant in three years once construction commences, as against the six years required in conventional plants.
Munat informed the House that the plant would be requiring 6000 cubic meter of water per day during the construction stage and 147120 cubic meter per day for operating the plant. The minister said pipe lines would be laid from Indrawati and Sabri rivers to the plant site for ensuring water supply.
Under the agreement reached between the NMDC and the state government, Munat said, the latter would ensure sufficient water for the plant from the sources selected by the company.
