Bhubaneswar, July 10 -- JSW Infrastructure Ltd has taken over the development of a proposed captive jetty in Odisha that will support the JSW Group's upcoming mega steel plant near Paradip. The project, estimated to cost over Rs 2,100 Cr, will have a cargo handling capacity of 52 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

The jetty will be built at the mouth of the Jatadhari river in Jagatsinghpur district and will serve the 13.2 MTPA integrated steel plant being developed by JSW Utkal Steel. The company had begun work on the steel plant last month.

In a regulatory filing, JSW Infrastructure said its wholly owned subsidiary, JSW Jatadhar Marine Services Pvt Ltd, has taken over the project after signing a novation agreement with JSW Utkal Steel. T...