Chhattisgarh State Industrial
Development Corporation Limited
(A Govt. of Chhattisgarh Undertaking)
Chhattisgarh
Natural Resources
Water
Chhattisgarh receives annual rainfall of 1800 mm. The
availability of ground wate is also sufficient. Major rivers are Mahanadi,
Shivnath, Hasdeo and Indrawati. The major dams are Murumsilli, Gangrel,
Dudhawa, Sondhur and Hasdeo. An uninterrupted supply of industrial water is
ensured from these reservoirs. Major industrial areas developed by CSIDC
are provided water from specially built anicuts. A large number of anicuts
on perennial rivers are being built by the Water Resource Department to
ensure availability of water for new industrial areas.
* Surface water resource of rivers has been estimated as 59,900 MCM.
* Dynamic (rechargeable) ground water resource has been estimated as 13,678 MCM. * Water storage capacity created by completed and ongoing projects in the state is about 9,214 MCM.
Power
Chhattisgarh is poised to become the power hub of
India.
The abundant availability of coal ensures constant supply of raw material for future thermal power projects .
State's Energy Policy endeavours to provide electricity to all villages by 2007 and all households by 2009 and to encourage private participation in power production.
Chhattisgarh Government actively assists private power producers to set up power projects in the state.
State Government has created the Renewable Energy Development Authority (CREDA) for development of renewable sources of energy.
Chhattisgarh Biofuel Development Agency (CBDA) has been setup to take up an ambitious programme for development of Bio-Diesel in the state.
Government has constituted the Chhattisgarh Vidyut Niyamak Ayog (Electricity Regulatory Authority).
36 MOUs signed for establishment of power plants.
- Anticipated power production through MOUs is 24,650 MW.
- Proposed investment is Rs. 1,08,060 crores.
Forest
Forests Slightly less than half of the geographical
area of Chhattisgarh is covered by forests. They are rich in bio-diversity.
Timber contributes about 40 percent of the total forest revenue. Rest comes
from NWFP (Non Wood Forest Products).
The state has three national parks viz. Guru Ghasidas National Park in Koriya and Sarguja, Kanger Valley National Park in Bastar and Indrawati National park in Dantewara. There are 11 wildlife sanctuaries.
Nearly 10,000 industrial units depend on forests for their raw material base.
• The state is rich in NWFP like Tendu Leaves, Harra, Sal Seed, Gum, Mahua, Amla, Achar, Lac, Chironji and innumerable medicnial plants.
• The state has potential to host a number of Herbal, Medicinal, Aromatic plant based units. • The state has a potential of Rs. 500 Crore in NWFP trade.