Odisha's big solar park project runs into land hurdle

The solar park is likely to see an investment of Rs 5,000 cr

The development of the 1000 Mw solar park proposed in Odisha is in slow lane as the state government is yet to identify 5,000 acres of land required for the project.

Even after two years of approval of the project by the Union government, the officials in the state are finding it extremely difficult in finding flat, non-agricultural and non-forest land for the purpose. Earlier, the state government had identified about 3,000 acres of land in Balasore district but it turned out to be swampy making it unfeasible for the setting up the park.

Officials said, the land