West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday kicked off the State’s largest industrial investment in recent times, inaugurating the first 300 MW unit of a power plant at Haldia in the State’s Purba Medinipur district.
The first unit will start operations by December followed by the second unit in February 2015. Entailing an investment of around Rs. 4600 crores, by the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, the project boasts of a 236 metre high transmission tower across a 1.5 km wide river. The towers were necessary for evacuating the power generated by the project and is among the highest such towers in the world.
Launching the project, the Chief Minister said assured the gathering that land will not be an issue for industry in West Bengal and wherever some disputes arose the State government moved in to resolve issues.
“Most issues can be resolved through talks,” she said making references to NPTC’s upcoming power project at Katwa in Bardhaman and the airport city project in Andal in same district.
She also said that her State had a land bank and also surplus power. “Industrial growth was on good track,” she said.
Stressing on the need to build a bridge between the employer and the employee, Ms. Banerjee said that this could be a way to avert problems before they escalate. Jute and tea were two sectors which were facing some problems, Ms. Banerjee said that matters could be solved through discussions.
