Four companies, including ITC interested in investment in West Bengal: Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee

KOLKATA: Four companies, including ITC, have expressed interest to invest in West Bengal, state Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said today.

Chatterjee said the ITC is interested in projects on biscuits, fast food and a food processing unit and Balmer Lawrie on setting up an industrial hub in Hooghly district after acquiring land by themselves.

Badrinarayan Alloys and Steels Ltd is interested in a Rs 500 crore project on 60 acre to create employment for over 3,000 people, he said.

The company's TMT bar and rolling mill will come up near Kulgachhia in Howrah district, he said.

Mohan Industrial Machines wants to invest to set up a unit to produce corrugated board sheet near Bagnan in Howrah district.

The company is engaged in manufacturing and exporting a wide range of sheet pressing machines used for pressing pasted corrugated boards, he said.

"Once we receive the proposals officially, we shall refer them to the high-power committee headed by the Chief Minister for approval," Chatterjee said.

"With a change in the industrialisation scenario in the state, industrialists are keen on investment. This has been possible because of a congenial atmosphere for the growth of industries under the Trinamool Congress government," Chatterjee claimed.