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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined hands with the West Bengal government to undertake a study for the development of economic corridors in the state, an official statement said..
The government, in the statement issued on Friday, said the study aims at strategising economic development across the nodes of Andal-Panagarh, Kharagapur-Goaltore-Salboni and growth centres such as Siliguri, Dankuni and Kalyani with urban-industriallogistics-skills-energy-social sector convergence...
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently announced the Industrial and Economic Corridor Policy and that the government plans to develop and upgrade three corridors -- Dankuni-Kalyani, Tajpur-Raghunathpur and Dankuni-Jhargram -- in southern West Bengal, and another from Panagarh to Cooch Behar spanning across the northern districts...
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