West Bengal invites L&T to set up power plant

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has invited engineering major Larsen & Toubro to set up a thermal power plant of 700-800 MW capacity in the Maoist-affected West Midnapore district.

"We have offered L&T land at Goaltore to set up a power plant," Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today, adding that preliminary talks have been held with the company in this regard.

"L&T officials are coming on December 19 for further discussions. I will sit with them and discuss the issue with the land map of the area," the Chief Minister told a Bengali news channel.

She pointed out that the state government owns 1,000 acres of land at Goaltore.

"While 300 acres can be set aside for manufacturing industry, we can give them 700 acres to set up a power plant," Banerjee said.