Following the chief minister's clarion call for industry and development to go ahead full steam, despite the many problems in the state on the land acquisition front, Mr Sumanta Chaudhuri, chief executive officer, West Bengal Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, said today two major infrastructure projects were on the anvil for the state ~ an auto SEZ and park in Jhargram, Midnapore (West) and an industrial hub in Fatapukur, Jalpaiguri. With Tata Motor's small car Nano making a global impact after its unveiling at the 9th Auto Expo held in New Delhi recently, the state, where the small car factory is slated to start production, seems poised for more growth in the automobile sector. A case in point is the auto park and SEZ that will come up at Guptomoni in Jhargram. The auto park will have an auto SEZ and house automobile components manufacturers, Mr Chaudhuri said. The public-private partnership project is a special purpose vehicle between the WBIIDC and Bengal Srei, with the former as facilitator. “We require 500 acres that will be acquired by direct purchase. It should take not more than eight to nine months for the purchase to come through,” Mr Chaudhuri said. The CEO, WBIIDC was speaking on the sidelines of the inaugural function of a two-day workshop on Export Documentation and Procedures organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce here today.
Source: The Statesman
24th January, 2008