Bhubaneswar, Aug 19 - South Korean steel major Posco Wednesday dismissed reports that its proposed steel plant in Orissa is being relocated to another site.

'It is a baseless report. We don't have any plan to relocate to a different site. We are fully committed to the project and (will) build the project with full co-operation of local people in the proposed site,' said Saroj Kumar Mohapatra, senior general manager of Posco India, a subsidiary of the South Korean steel major.

Earlier, media reports had quoted Minister of Mines B.K. Handique saying that Posco India was facing problems of land acquisition and planning to relocate to a different site from the proposed location in the coastal district of Jagatsinghpur.

But the state government was quick to deny the reports and Orissa Mines Secretary Ashok Dalwai and state Mines Minister Raghunath Mohanty issued statements to allay the fears.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also said the project was not being shifted.