Chhattisgarh needs over 52,000 acres for industries
By IANSTuesday, March 23, 2010
RAIPUR - The mineral-rich Chhattisgarh needs 52,800 acres of land for 102 industrial projects, Chief Minister Raman Singh said Tuesday.
“Chhattisgarh had signed 118 memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with various companies between a period of 2004-09 for setting up industries in the state. 102 MoUs are presently existing after the government had scrapped 16 of them,” he informed the state assembly in a written reply to a question of Leader of Opposition Ravindra Choubey.
The chief minister said the project cost of these 102 MoUs was over Rs.1.65 lakh crore, and these projects require 52,800 acres of land and 560 million cubic metres of water annually.
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