West Bengal’s proposed industrial growth corridor between Haldia and Durgapur is likely an investment of Rs 43,000 crore over the next three to five years.
An electrified, high-speed, freight-only corridor from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal will boost the proposed industrial growth corridor of the state.
Warehousing also holds immense potential with the availability of 12-13 million sqft in the Dankuni–Haldia-Kharagpur–Kalyani–Durgapur sector and huge investment can be witnessed.
There had been a recent upsurge of interest in installing data centres and ethanol projects in the state. The projects such as the Jangal Sundari Karmanagari being developed as an integrated manufacturing cluster on an industrial township model on 2,483 acres in Purulia district.
Moreover, Asian Highway projects connecting neighbouring countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar through the districts of North Bengal are also underway.