Saturday, 18 April 2015

Land mapping with sick industries

There is too much discussions and controversy on the new land acquisition bill. There is no point in arguing against the acquisition for the purpose of building roads and rail tracks. But for Industry, we need to map the unutilised land locked with sick industries closed for years. Instead of trying to revive same unit again and again, we need to free these land parcels for setting the new industries or industrial parks for small and medium industries. There is large parcels of land in Shahganj in Bandel with Dunlop and lands on bank of Hooghly with closed jute industries. All these land parcels have almost all the facilities like electricity, connectivity, education and healthcare in nearby places. This makes it affordable for small and medium industries to locate.

These examples are just samples. There are large parcels of land with HEC, Ranchi, Cycle Corporation, Asansol etc.

Land is a national asset which cannot be produced or created. Leaving it unutilised is a crime. People involved in this utilisation should be brought to book and let public decide on their fate instead of politicians, whether in Govt. or outside.

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