West Bengal struggles to find land for IT infrastructure
With land in short supply around Kolkata, the state has requested consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers to help identify alternative cities that could host IT parks based on availability of land, transportation facilities, and telecom infrastructure. In particular, PwC is to rank Durgapur, Haldia, Kharagpur and Siliguri for their suitability. A report is expected within 4 months.
As another solution, the state government may want to look at the Mumbai model of developing idle industrial land. According to a report by consultancy firm Webcon, almost 40,000 acres of land at factories in the state is lying vacant with many of the units going bankrupt. Creating solutions to unlock the land here, as a productive asset, would help spur the local economy and also solve the land shortage situation.
By INRnews Correspondent
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