WB minister in Bangalore to hold talks with Infosys

The state government was sticking to its stand of not providing SEZ status to the company: Krish Gopalkrishnan

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Press Trust Of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Sep 06 2012 | 12:09 AM IST

West Bengal IT Minister Partha Chatterjee will travel to Bangalore tomorrow to hold talks with the top officials of IT major Infosys on its stalled project in Rajarhat near here.

"Infosys Executive co-Chairman Krish Gopalkrishnan has written a letter recently requesting us to allow the company to take physical possession of the land. I will be going to Bangalore tomorrow for talks with them," Chatterjee told PTI here."They have been allotted the land and have to make use of it," he said without giving further details about the letter.He added that the state government was sticking to its stand of not providing SEZ status to the company.

Infosys has been allotted 50 acre by the previous left front government at Rajarhat on the eastern fringes of the city Rs 75 crore.

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First Published: Sep 06 2012 | 12:09 AM IST

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