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| Bhutan hills in background: resumed Tea Garden in foreground |
Here are two clippings from today's papers:
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| Uttarbanga Sambad dt 12.7.2014 |
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| Ei Samay dt 12.7.2014 |
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Here is a clipping from yesteday's Khabar 365:
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| Khabar 365 dt 11.7.2014 |
Saturday, July 12, 2014
New City at Jaigaon
I went to Jaigaon yesterday. Had a meeting with new Chairman Jaigaon Development Authority (JDA)Wilson Chapramari, Alice Vaz DM Alipurduar, Pritha Sarkar DM Jalpaiguri, Addl SP Alipurduar, SDO Alipurduar, Pradhan Dalsinghpara, Pradhan Jaigaon and others. Before that I had an extensive site visit. I realised that population of Jaigaon (86,000) was more than that of district HQ Alipurduar (66,000). Unplanned urbanisation is rampant. Encraochments are rampant. On the other hand, driven by trade and work opportunities across the border of Bhutan, land price is often more than that of Siliguri. I also saw the site of proposed new Jaigaon. A picture:
We decided to do a planning survey soon. Later, I met and briefed Minister of North Bengal Hon'ble Gautam Deb on my way back at Siliguri.
Here are two clippings from today's papers:
I would go to Gangasagar tomorrow to study new town possibility in Sagar.
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Here is a clipping from yesteday's Khabar 365:
Here are two clippings from today's papers:
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Here is a clipping from yesteday's Khabar 365:
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Thats great............a new tourist destination..............
ReplyDeleteI think this is futuristic move and planned cities with better amenities will attract new generations to settle if required employement oppertunities are available in these cities. All sections of socity needs to included. On the other hand, there are many running projects which are stalled or progressing very slowly. These needs to be priortized.
ReplyDeleteIndeed so. I agree
ReplyDeleteSir, this is indeed a great move. In line with this I request you to go through the GIFT City being developed in Gujarat where for smart city initiative, district cooling systems, suction based district waste collection system network are being built. Since these cities in proposals are on virgin lands prior planning can incorporate these techniques.
ReplyDeleteAlso, i request you to conduct a special regional study to help in creating a balanced urban- rural network in the region where cities such as Siliguri, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar are on one tier and these smart cities are another tier creating a homogeneous mix in the city thus mitigating migration and urban load on the former cities.
I request a similar study be carried out in South Bengal as well. A Industrial quadrilateral can be proposed with Raniganj- Chittaranjan- Asansol- Burnpur- Durgapur- Andal- Dankuni as one side of the polygon, Asansol- Bishnupur- Raghunathpur as other, Raghunathpur- Kharagpur- Haldia- Sagar as another and Sagar- Kulpi- Uluberia- Dankuni as the fourth side.
These can later with inter- state cooperation can extend it to Bhillai- Rourkela- Jharsuguda- Jamshedpur on Kharagpur line and another of Dhenkanal- Bhubaneshwar- Paradeep on Kharagpur line and Dhanbad- Bokaro on Asansol line. This way Dankuni's freight terminal for AKDIC gets ensured, need for Kulpi port and Sagar deep sea port get recognised and Kharagpur's large rail based loop systems can be utilised as another rail freight logistic hub on Hub - Spoke Model.
Based on this I can say it will help the states get the major share of manufacturing business of India back to Eastern India and helping the region uplift economically and politically.
Even the proposed High- Speed Corridors which Eastern India did not get any in the initial proposals will be much more practical along these corridors.
The Inter- State Industrial Corridor then can be linked to the larger National Corridors like AKDIC and Vishakhapatnam- Chennai Industrial Corridor.
Adding to it Andal Airport's passenger catchment will be ensured and so will be the Center Govt.'s recognition of the National Waterways No. 1 be realised.
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