The Asian 🍸Development Bank (ADB) has joined han♑ds with the West Bengal government to undertake a study for the development of economic corridors in the state, an official statement said.
The ADB is "keen to support the projects with technical e🍎xpertise and fund🥀ing", it said.
The government, in the statement issued on Friday, said the study aims at strategising economic development across the nodes of Andal-Panagarh, Kharagapur-Goaltore-Salboni and growth centres such as Siliguri, Dankuni and Kalyani with urban-industriallogistics-skil🐷ls-energy-social sector convergence.
The ADB has worked on a number of landmark projects, including the East Coast Economic Corridor and the Bangladesh ℱCorridor study, it said.
During the day, a stakeholder consultation meeting was h☂eld by Chief Secretary HK D🍸wivedi with key industries on the Industrial and Economic Corridor Project.
Senior representatives from ADB, consulting firm Deloitte, industry body🎉 FICCI and various businesses of the industrial parks along th⭕e identified corridors attended the meeting.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently announced the Industrial and Economic Corridor Policy and that the government𒀰 plans to develop and upgrade three corridors -- Dankuni–Kalyani, Tajpur-Raghunathpur and Dankuni-Jhargram -- in southern West Bengal, and another from Panagarh to Cooch Behar spanning across the northe🗹rn districts.
"The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined hands with the Government of West Bengal to undertake study and development of the state ec♎onomic corridors," the statement said.
The indu🅠stry and logistics sector representatives welcomed the go🌜vernment initiatives and suggested some interventions to boost the economic and industrial corridor.
The corridors will be developed through the land availability portal and will generate huge employment opport⛎u🦩nities across West Bengal, the statement added.
The corridors are expected to attract significant investment and create new jobs in a variety of sectors, including manufacturi🎉ng, logistics, and tourism, an🅘 official said.
