Yesterday the possession of Indira Bhavan was returned back yo the Urban Development Department. Here is a story that had appeared few days ago in Times of India.
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I recently submitted my resignations from the Boards of five Joint Venture Companies of KMDA where I was either the Chairman or Director. I have cited that I was unable to devote adequate time and attention to the functioning of these JVCs. A part of the unstated reason related to the AMRI incident: you are responsible for anything bad as well if you are on the board.
Here is a link for an article in Mint:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.livemint.com/2011/12/27230536/Tata-loses-land-for-West-Benga.html?h=B
Sad to see the conflict of interest between Mamata Banerjee and the TATA group. This certainly isn't in the best interest of West Bengal.
ReplyDeleteWest Bengal badly needs good health care facilities; current ones are too much money oriented.
I hope better sense prevails!
- Regards,
Sowmik Sengupta
Indira Bhawan will be Nazrul Bhawan per today's newspaper. An excellent initiative!
ReplyDeleteGiven the prevailing political history of last 3 years, conflict was inevitable - however, I also think this conflict is not good for Bengal and an mutual settlement with Tata (I am sure RT also will want this to get settled before he retires by next year) could send a big positive message to Industry. Question is who will blink first - may be SC ruling on Singur can be a trigger to bring both parties on table for an out of court settlement.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I do not think HIDCO decision is linked with that - it is coming out of a general policy decision of the new Govt. affecting many other companies as well - Tata happens to be one of them. I will stop my political commentary here, otherwise Mr. Sen will ban me from this blog, I guess!
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Hidco decides to sell more plots in Rajarhat-
http://www.wbhidcoltd.com/notice/sale_Of_plots_AD.pdf
TOI Article:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Hidco-decides-to-sell-more-plots-in-Rajarhat/articleshow/11286871.cms
"Hidco chairman cum managing director Debashis Sen said that the matter was discussed in the Hidco board meeting held on Wednesday. "It has been decided that 15 plots in Rajarhat New Town, in the range from a minimum of 20 cottahs to a maximum of two acres, will be sold through competitive bidding process for setting up various institutions in the health care sector, schools, training institutes, retail markets and other similar commercial establishments."
"Sen said that all the plots to be sold will be free hold land. "We are expecting lot of competition," he said. The land will be falling under Rajarhat's Hidco jurisdiction area"
Yes, no political comments please. But just for the record:
ReplyDeleteThe Board of Hidco has cancelled 50+ allotments that were made on the 28th Feb 2011 (Model Code of Conduct came into play from 1st March 2011) or during the period of MCC WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
Regarding Nazrul Bhavan/Academy, many articles have come in the newspapers. Will be happy if someone posts all the links.
ReplyDeleteThis are few articles:
ReplyDeletefrom cnn-ibn: http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/indira-bhavan-to-be-turned-into-nazrul-bhavan/943717.html
from TOI:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/State-to-rename-Indira-Bhavan/articleshow/11286241.cms
sir one offtrack question...when we will see some update on "Kolkata Wheel" and "marina" projects? we are eagerly waiting for it... i guess all the bids are now being scrutinized by the expert committee for further technical and financial bids...
marina and wheel are being handled by the tourism department
ReplyDeleteTCS Campus @ Rajarhat:
ReplyDeletehttp://starananda.newsbullet.in/kolkata/59-more/15547-2012-01-04-16-53-45
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/TCS-to-soon-start-work-on-40-acre-Rajarhat-plot/articleshow/11369812.cms
http://business-standard.com/india/news/tcs-to-create-16000-jobsin-bengal-/460752/