Bhel shown Singur land

  • 13/11/2009

  • Telegraph (Kolkata)

Calcutta, Nov. 12: The Bengal government has invited Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) to set up a power equipment factory and suggested as a possible site the land leased out to Tata Motors in Singur. The government also plans to set up a power plant jointly with the public sector Navratna company in Katwa, Burdwan, where land acquisition has run into trouble from farmers. A Bhel team, led by general manager S.C. Mittal, today visited the Singur site, about 40km from Calcutta and originally meant for the Tata Nano. Mittal was accompanied by Debashis Sen, managing-director of the state power development corporation. Power minister Mrinal Banerjee said Bhel, which specialises in manufacturing boilers and turbo-generators, had no equipment manufacturing plant in the region.