Chemical hub to be set up in Haldia
West Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose says the proposed petrochemical hub would come up in Haldia.
By PTI |
NANDIGRAM: With the Opposition and the Left Front partners expressing concern over the proposed petrochemical hub in Haldia, a port town around 100 km away from here, West Bengal's ruling Left Front chairman Biman Bose on Saturday said that it would come up there.
"The project will come up at Haldia," Bose, who is also the state secretary of the CPI-M, told reporters here.
His comment came days after the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee claimed that the West Bengal government, which was forced to shift the proposed chemical hub from Nandigram following resistance from farmers, was issuing notification for acquisition of land in Haldia.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee who had written to different political parties in a bid to arrive at a consensus had said that the hub should come up in and around the Haldia port.
The project is to be built by the Indian Oil Corporation as well as the Salim Group of Indonesia.
Bose told a brief press conference here that land had been acquired for the Panskura-Digha railway line when Trinamool Congress chief was the railway minister.
"Banerjee is now resisting acquisition of land, the people will give her an appropriate reply," he said.
He also said that circumstances were different in case of the police firing at Khammam in Andhra Pradesh and the one in Nandigram on March 14. He did not elaborate.
Efforts were being made for the restoration of peace in Nandigram and peace would return there shortly, he added.
"The project will come up at Haldia," Bose, who is also the state secretary of the CPI-M, told reporters here.
His comment came days after the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee claimed that the West Bengal government, which was forced to shift the proposed chemical hub from Nandigram following resistance from farmers, was issuing notification for acquisition of land in Haldia.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee who had written to different political parties in a bid to arrive at a consensus had said that the hub should come up in and around the Haldia port.
The project is to be built by the Indian Oil Corporation as well as the Salim Group of Indonesia.
Bose told a brief press conference here that land had been acquired for the Panskura-Digha railway line when Trinamool Congress chief was the railway minister.
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"Banerjee is now resisting acquisition of land, the people will give her an appropriate reply," he said.
He also said that circumstances were different in case of the police firing at Khammam in Andhra Pradesh and the one in Nandigram on March 14. He did not elaborate.
Efforts were being made for the restoration of peace in Nandigram and peace would return there shortly, he added.
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