January 30, 2015
Bengal receives investment proposal worth Rs 1000 crore for Plastic Park
West Bengal Government has received a proposal to set up a Rs 1000 crore Plastic Park in the State.
A 50 acre plot in Uluberia has been earmarked for a new plastic park in PPP model in collaboration with the MSME Department of the State Government.
At the moment the plastic market in the country is worth Rs 1.7 lakh crores with a growth rate of 14%. Keeping in view of such a huge demand, the Plastic Federation is eager to invest and the WB Government is ready to provide all help. Uluberia is well connected with National Highway and has good infra-structure facilities.
The state already has two such parks in operation; one in Sankrail, Howrah in collaboration with WBIDC which has about 42 manufacturing units in operation and the second in Kharagpur Industrial Estate.
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