Odisha urges SAIL to set up cement plant

Odisha government today proposed the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to set up a cement plant in Sundergarh district.

The state government also told the central public sector to set up a medical college hospital, skill development centre and a sewage treatment plant in Rourkela, besides ensuring proper rehabiliation and resettlement of the displaced people of RSP and Mandira dam.

The state government's proposals were given when SAIL Chairman P K Singh met chief minister Naveen Patnaik here at the state secretariat, an official release said.