Tata Steel SEZ may get environment nod for Gopalpur by month-end

Grant of statutory clearances will pave way for TSSEZ to start infra related work on the SEZ spread over 500 hectares

Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Ltd (TSSEZ) is likely to get a letter of formal approval from the Union ministry of environment, forest & climate change (MoEF&CC) for environment clearance (EC) and CRZ (Coastal Regulatory Zone) by the end of this month.

The grant of statutory clearances would pave the way for TSSEZ, a fully owned Tata Steel subsidiary, to start infrastructure related work on the SEZ spread over 500.15 hectares (or 1,235 acres approximately).

"The expert appraisal committee of the ministry had recommended for grant of EC and CRZ clearance to Tata Steel's Gopalpur SEZ on October 16 this