Tamluk (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today expressed apprehension that the proposed petrochemicals project at Nayachar might go the Nandigram way as the Opposition is bent on scuttling it.
"I have the same fear as Nandigram about the Nayachar
petrochemicals hub. The Opposition is thwarting the move to
set up the Nayachar hub," he alleged.
The Petroleum Chemical and Petroleum Investment project
at Nayachar in East Midnapore was cleared by the Centre
earlier.
Bhattacharjee accused the Trinamool Congress of not
allowing development work in East Midnapore district where a
number of industries were planned.
He said many companies have expressed interest to set up
factories or plants in East Midnapore district. A private
company has expressed interest to set up a ship building
factory in the district and there are also plans to set up a
nuclear power plant at Haripur in the district.
"But I fear the opposition Trinamool Congress would not
allow these plans to materialise," Bhattacharjee said here.
"What does the opposition want?. If they want
development of East Midnapore, they should allow industries to
be set up in the district. How can there be any development
without industries," he asked.
The Chief Minister said that the panchayats controlled by
the Trinamool Congress are not allowing the government to
prepare the BPL list in East Midnapore whereas in other
districts of the state the work for preparing the list is
going on smoothly.
The chief minister was shown black flags by a group of
people stated to be Trinamool Congress activists at Ram Tarak
Bazar, five kms from Tamluk in East Midnapore district, while
he was on way to hold a rally after a meeting with district
officials and senior police officials at the Kolaghat guest
house.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said activists
of her party were not involved in the showing of black flags.
Trinamool Congress, which was also invited in the meeting
between the officials and the Chief Minister, had boycotted
the meet.
The CPI-M suffered defeats in the election to the
panchayat bodies followed by defeat in the prestigious Tamluk
Lok Sabha seat to the Trinamool Congress which is close to
Nandigram.
A massive security arrangement had been made in view of
the chief minister's visit to the district.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 22:23