India's leading automaker Maruti Suzuki plans to invest about Rs 80 crore in West Bengal in a logistics hub at upcoming industrial park near Siliguri.
Senior officials from Maruti Suzuki met West Bengal industry minister Partha Chatterjee on Friday, the fifth day of the ongoing 'Bengal Leads', a business summit organised by the state government. The automajor has asked for 35 acres of land for the same in the upcoming industrial park near Siliguri in northern part of the state.
According to company officials, Maruti Suzuki plans to invest about Rs 65-80 crore in the proposed logistics hub which is likely to employ about 300 people. The state government is understood to have asked the company to submit a formal proposal for the same. About 120 companies and 12 government departments are participating in the six-day business summit.
