The Centre on Thursday said invitation of bids for a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project in Odisha would be deferred for the fourth time on environment issues.

It (bids for Odisha UMPP) will get delayed by about a month or so, Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters in New Delhi.

The last date of submission for bids for the Bedabahal UMPP in Odisha was November 30.

However,