Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd (GPIL) announced on July 16, 2025, that it has received the much-awaited environment clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India for setting up a 2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) integrated steel plant.

The clearance was granted by the ministry’s Impact Assessment Division — Industrial Projects during the 7th meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) held on July 9, 2025, with the minutes uploaded to the ministry’s website on July 16.

The proposed plant, with 2×1 MTPA modules, will be located at Village Sarora, Tahsil Tilda, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

This approval marks a significant milestone in GPIL’s expansion plans to strengthen its presence in India’s steel sector while ensuring compliance with environmental and sustainability standards.

The company has requested exchanges to take this information on record as per SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.