Despite having huge potential in CDM projects be it waste management, composting, land fills projects, the state of West Bengal is lagging behind many of the other states in India in execution of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects due to lack of awareness and pure lacunae on the government's part.
Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce, Subrata Ray, associate director-risk advisory services, Ernst & Young (E&Y), pointed out “ we are yet to see that kind of enthusiasm and concrete results in West Bengal as shown in states of Orissa , Chattisgarh, Bihar where lots of such CDM projects are happening and getting registered.”
According to Ray, E&Y had a talk with the secretaries of state of various departments six months before and had suggested some possible areas where CDM projects can be executed in the state.
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