West Bengal is all set to become the leather hub of the country. The Mamata Banerjee-led government is rolling out a red carpet for tanners from Uttar Pradesh who are facing the ire of the Adityanath government.
The West Bengal government on Thursday announced a fresh allotment of 187 new tanneries at the Calcutta Leather Complex in Bantala, Asia’s largest integrated leather complex. It has allotted about 70 acres of additional land to the existing 202 acres complex.
Close to 60 per cent of the new allotment has been for tanneries based in Uttar Pradesh, about 35 per cent for