Kolkata, Oct 13 (Inditop.com) The Videocon Group, which has proposed to set up a Rs.21,000-crore steel and power project in West Bengal’s Burdwan district, Tuesday said Coal India has opposed the plant, saying there was a coal bed below the project area.
“We have already done the project details and design for the plants. But now Coal India is objecting saying there is a coal bed below the project area,” group chairman Venugopal Dhoot told reporters here after a meeting with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
The company would require around 4,200 acres for the project, out of which it has got cabinet approval for 3,000 acres. The total investment for the project was pegged at Rs.15,000 crore earlier, which later Dhoot said may be to the tune of Rs.21,000 crore.
“We now want our land to be realigned or relocated elsewhere to further proceed with the project. The chief minister told us that the government will look into the matter,” Dhoot added.
