CMs no to SEZs on farm land
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15/02/2008
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Tribune (New Delhi)
In an effort to preserve the productive area for, the state government has decided not to allow setting up of any special economic zone (SEZ) on agricultural land, however, the entrepreneurs willing to invest on the barren land are most welcome. Rather, the government will facilitate investors, who are willing to invest in barren areas, claimed Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal. Dhumal was interacting with mediapersons after inaugurating a new OPD complex, at Nurpur Civil Hospital, here today. It has been made at a cost of Rs 119 crore. With the rise in population, the land under agriculture has been declining rapidly so there is no scope of setting up the SEZs in any part of the state. He said the government had decided to rope in private medicos, besides the existing doctors in the state for providing best heathcare facilities to the general public. He also claimed that more private hospitals would be set up in the state for providing more job avenues to the doctors of the state, thus curbing the