Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das lays foundation of 104 projects at Bokaro

Shashank Shekhar
Bokaro ( Jharkhand ) :  Committed  to make Jharkhand an ideal investment  destination  which in last 10 months has succeeded  in either starting or signing MoUs  for establishment  of  195 small, medium and  largescale industries  on which Rs 3,475 crores are being  spent  which will  generate 17,000  direct employment besides 50,000 indirect employment, Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das on December 20, 2017, declared that  seeing the enthusiasm  of  global and national  level  industrialists he  is sure that  within next few years this state will turn into most developed industrialized state of the country.
CM Das was speaking  on the 3rd groundbreaking ceremony—III of ‘Momentum Jharkhand’ held at Bokaro on December 20 for establishment of Industries  in the state during which  foundation of 104 industries were laid at Bokaro.
Earlier, on May 18, 2017, foundation of 21 industries were laid  at Ranchi in the first ground breaking ceremony held there followed by second  ground breaking ceremony held at Jamshedpur on August 19, 2017,  when  foundation of  71  projects were laid and with foundation of another 104 laid on December 20, the total has increased to 195 projects.
A list of all  projects were even given to mediapersons along with the place and  total investment.
Promising to  turn the state the best for setting of industries  by giving  complete infrastructure along with transparent and perfect governance and best industrial policy for making this land most suitable  for an ultimate  investment destinations  for establishment of  national and even global companies, Das said that Jharkhand was following Gujarat model of  industrial growth and the day was not far off when  youth of this land will not travel  to  other states in search of jobs.
“Construction of roads, giving surplus power by establishment of power plants, air connectivity  and  Rule of law is on my priority list and I will not allow anyone to  put hurdles in implementation of my programme.
Two more power plants at Patratu and Tenughat are in pipeline while Steel, power and fertilizer plants are coming up on old campus of presently closed Sindri factory. Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and Indian PM Narendra Modi will be coming for laying foundation stone of Sindri multi purpose project at Dhanbad early next year,” informed CM Das.

Earlier  Jharkhand chief secretary Rajbala Verma, industries secretary  Sunil Barnawal and three entrepreneurs also addressed the function held at sector V ground in which besides others Jharkhand ministers Louis Marandi, Neera Yadav, Raj Paliwar and Randhir Singh and five MLAs of Bokaro, Dhanbad and Ranchi  were  present. Bokaro DC R M Ray and SP Karthik S were also present. Jharkhand  Development Commissioner Amit Khare and CM’s principal secretary Sanjay Kumar  were also present.