Odisha to cancel land allotment of defaulting exporters at seafood park

The seafood park had bagged investment proposals worth Rs 4.66 billion from 20 companies

The Odisha government is considering taking action against the seafood exporters who have defaulted on payments towards land allotted to them for setting up  units at the proposed seafood park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

About  18 sea food exporters could face cancellation for non-payment of dues.

"Only allotments made to Falcon, Magnum and B –One will not be cancelled as they have reportedly deposited their dues. We will take a decision soon on cancelling the allotments made to exporter who have not paid their dues”, said an official source.

Spread over 152 acres of land, the project has been