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Central Government/Public Sector | Rajasthan - India | PID: 191089
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Hindustan Zinc’s proposed fertiliser plant in Rajasthan at an investment of Rs 1,350 crore is likely to have hit a hurdle, and the company is looking for alternate locations in the state to set up the project.
Hindustan Zinc, part of Vedanta Resources, announced its plans in 2015 for setting up 1.02 million tpa greenfield di-ammonium phosphate plant, using the sulphuric acid derived from zinc production and rock phosphate at the company’s mine. The unit was supposed to come up near the zinc smelter at Chittorgarhin, Udaipur.
The company wanted to use part of the land parcel provided near the plant for a green belt for the fertiliser project. The company, in its Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan report, noted 33 percent of the land parcel acquired in 2006 for greenbelt development had been developed as a plantation, so the land was not required for further plantation purposes.
An application has been submitted to respective authorities for conversion of the land for industrial utilisation. The presentation for environment clearance has been done in October 2019.
However, as a back-up, the company is considering two other locations in the state. It has surplus land in Zawar and Dariba. However, the fertiliser plant has to be located close to the zinc smelter as transporting sulphuric acid over a long distance would not be viable.
| Updated on: 06 - Nov - 2019
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