Bengal PCPIR dream may get revived

The West Bengal government will get an opportunity to revive the Haldia Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) at Nayachar as the land requirement for it could be brought down to 50 sq km.
"Bengal was first to receive PCPIR. We will inform Bengal government about the new norms after the proposed change in regulations for land requirement to 50 sq kms instead of 250 sq km. This government had earlier shown interest but withdrawn later," joint secretary to the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers Avinash Joshi said here today at ICC-organised Petrochem 2015.
West Bengal had scrapped the proposal in 2012.

State Finance Minister Amit Mitra evincing keen interest in the sector said the eastern region holds huge potential as its per capita consumption is very low.
He offered a petrochem cluster proposal at Haldia and assured land.
"If industry wants a petrochem cluster it can come up at Haldia and government will help in organising the land for it. An industrial park of over 300 acres is also coming up at Haldia," Mitra said.
He said Bengal government has a ready land bank of 4400 acres and was in the process of creating infrastructure on additional 4000 acres.
"In total we have a land bank of one lakh acres and the same will come from utilisation of unsued land of different departments of the state government," Mitra added.