A day after Tatas group chairman Ratan Tata announced pulling the Nano car project out of West Bengal, the neighbouring Orissa government on Saturday formally invited him.
BHUBANESWAR: A day after Tatas group chairman Ratan Tata announced pulling the Nano car project out of West Bengal, the neighbouring Orissa government on Saturday formally invited him to set up the small car manufacturing unit in the state.
In a letter to Ratan Tata, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked him to utilise the company's unused land at Gopalpur in Ganjam district and avail all facilities provided to investors under the Industrial Policy Resolution-2007.
"I wonder why you are not considering setting up the project at Gopalpur in Orissa where you have in your posession about 3700 acres land since 1998," Patnaik said in the letter.
Batting in favour of the state, Patnaik said Gopalpur was located on the National Highway-5 and right on the rail route connecting Kolkata and Chennai.
Orissa had been a favourite destination for investors from across the globe in the mineral, IT and tourism sector, the chief minister said, adding for the past three years, the state has received the highest investment proposals in the country.
"I shall be thankful if a decision is taken to set up the project at Gopalpur at the earliest," Patnaik said.
Earlier, the leader of opposition J B Patnaik, during whose chief ministership, the land was awarded to the Tatas, had also invited the company to set up the project in the state.
"I have already told Tatas through media that they are welcome to set up the Nano car manufacturing unit in Orissa," the senior Congress leader said adding this was an opportunity for the compnay to properly utilise its unused land at Gopalpur.
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