Phase-I of the project is expected to be commissioned by February 2014. The steel maker has already invested over Rs 10,000 crore on it and the first phase would witness an investment of Rs 20-25,000 crore.
"The entire six mtpa production at the Kalinga Nagar plant will be flat products. Phase-I of the plant is expected to be commissioned January/February 2014 and this would see an investment of Rs 20-25,000 crore. Work is going on at the site and mostly foundation work is in progress. We had discussions with the Chief Minister and I apprised him on the status of our projects at Kalinga Nagar and Gopalpur", H M Nerurkar, managing director, Tata Steel told reporters after meeting state Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik.