Bengal to boost Durgapur-Asansol zone with Rs 10,000 cr
West Bengal would require 2,300 acre land and an investment of Rs 10,000 crore to upgrade the infrastructure of the Durgapur-Asansol industrial region, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said on Friday.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: West Bengal would require 2,300 acre land and an investment of Rs 10,000 crore to upgrade the infrastructure of the Durgapur-Asansol industrial region, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said on Friday.
A development plan drawn for the region in Burdwan district include a greenfield airport, housing, markets and other infrastructure at Andal, Bhattacharjee said after meeting Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel here.
A consortium of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, Hudco, Bengal Pragati and Asansol Durgapur Development Authority made a presentation to Bhattacharjee and Patel.
"The project will take some time as land has to be acquired. And, the final decision for the greenfield airport would be taken if we need more capacity after the expansion of NSC Bose Airport," Bhattacharjee said.
The modernization of the NSC Bose Airport would be done at an estimated cost of Rs 2,000 crore in the first phase. Consultants had been finalised and international bidding would be invited for its development.
"The project will take off from January 2008 and would be completed by June 2010," Patel said.
The passenger capacity would be increased to 25 million per annum from five million by 2010 and eventually ramped up to 60 million.
Bhattacharjee said the first flight from Kolkata to Cooch Behar in north Bengal would take off on September 23 on which date the the Behala Flying Club would be recommissioned.
A development plan drawn for the region in Burdwan district include a greenfield airport, housing, markets and other infrastructure at Andal, Bhattacharjee said after meeting Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel here.
A consortium of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, Hudco, Bengal Pragati and Asansol Durgapur Development Authority made a presentation to Bhattacharjee and Patel.
"The project will take some time as land has to be acquired. And, the final decision for the greenfield airport would be taken if we need more capacity after the expansion of NSC Bose Airport," Bhattacharjee said.
The modernization of the NSC Bose Airport would be done at an estimated cost of Rs 2,000 crore in the first phase. Consultants had been finalised and international bidding would be invited for its development.
"The project will take off from January 2008 and would be completed by June 2010," Patel said.
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The passenger capacity would be increased to 25 million per annum from five million by 2010 and eventually ramped up to 60 million.
Bhattacharjee said the first flight from Kolkata to Cooch Behar in north Bengal would take off on September 23 on which date the the Behala Flying Club would be recommissioned.
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