Land requirement pegged at 19,200 acres to develop Phase-I of Odisha CEZ

Odisha has already proposed for the development of CEZ straddling an area of 27 sq kms in Paradeep and Dhamra

The land requirement for developing the Coastal Economic Zone (CEZ) in Odisha in the first phase has been pegged at 19,200 acres.

Of the total land quantum, 12,447.61 acres is in Paradip and the balance land is identified in Dhamra. According to the estimates of Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco), 7,500 acres of land for the CEZ can be made available at Paradip and Dhamra. More, in a recent study done by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an additional patch of 4,103.70 acres of private land would be acquired, taking the total land around Dhamra at 11,603 acres. The cost of acquisition