CM Suvendu Adhikari
Adhikari announced a toll-free number, 155335, for industrialists facing extortion or threats. He also said his govt has set up a Rs 5,000 crore fund for industrial incentives.
He said he would meet investors twice a month.
We will unveil the policy before Puja,” Adhikari said at Milan Mela Prangan, where he handed land allotment letters to 33 industries. Adhikari said Gautam Adani will visit Bengal on Thursday to lay the foundation stone of a 2,000-bed hospital in New Town.
The Ambanis are willing to invest in five to six sectors, he said, and their team will visit soon. He said former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee made some efforts but his party was deeply negative about industrialisation. “It was because of Mamata Banerjee’s oppositional politics that Tata left Singur,” he said.
“The commerce and industry department has submitted the draft to chief secretary Manoj Agarwal. Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said the Bengal govt will unveil its industrial land policy before Durga Puja , covering land pooling, direct purchase and a single-window system for investments.
An agreement for five airports in the state under the Centre’s UDAN scheme , including Kalaikunda, Balurghat and Purulia, is likely to be signed next week, he said.