At CII meet, CM sells his dream of a new Bengal

In his 20-minute interaction with trade representatives and entrepreneurs, the CM proved that he is a master dream merchant. Health cities, two airports, four ports (Kulpi included), multi-lane highways connecting Kolkata with the neighbouring districts of Howrah and the two 24 Parganas, rural Bengal prospering with food processing units and export of vegetables outside the state. All these will be a part of Bengal’s new landscape in the next five to ten years, he promised. Although some of the projects are still in the feasibility report stage, the CM assured entrepreneurs that industrialisation would be the primary focus of his government.

With just months to go before the Assembly polls, Team Buddhadeb, including Industry Minister Nirupam Sen, sold the dream of the Left’s industrialisation plan to the CII, the country’s top industry association.

CII president Y C Deveshwar and the chairman of the CII Eastern region, Ravi Poddar, flanked the CM during his interaction with the members. Buddhadeb invited the participation of entrepreneurs based in Singapore and Dubai in developing the state’s infrastructure.