Kolkata, September 19 (IANS) Trinumool Congress government has decided to allocate 200 acres of land to West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) for the construction of Raghunathpur-Tajpur economic corridor in the state.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee approved this decision at the State Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
Sources in the State Secretariat (Nabanna) said that three important decisions were taken in the cabinet meeting to improve the industrial sector.
First, the state government has decided to give a total of 200 acres to the WBIDC for the construction of the Tajpur-Dankini-Ragunathpur economic corridor.
Earlier, it was decided to construct several economic corridors in the state along with the Amritsar-Dakuni Industrial Corridor for the purpose of industrial development in West Bengal.
Chief Minister Banerjee had announced the construction of six economic corridors in Bengal, including Raghunathpur-Tajpur, Dakani-Kalyani, Dakani-Jhargram, Danakuni-Uhohar, Joka-Agradi Kharagpur-Morgram.
Apart from discussing the issue of infrastructure development in the state, a decision was also taken to give industrial status to all logistics businesses in the state.
In addition, the proposal to fill 15 vacancies in Newtown Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) was also accepted in the meeting.
Sources said that an industrial conference is to be held in West Bengal after Durga Puja.
A senior state government official said, “The state government has taken three important decisions today, which will promote the industrial sector in the state. After the industrial status is given to the logistics, the business will expand in the state. Also, the economic corridor will be used for commercial purposes. Employment will generate.”
Decisions give importance because the state government is making efforts to accelerate industrial development in West Bengal before next year’s assembly elections.
The focus of these decisions is to attract investment and generate employment to the state.
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