Kolkata, July 30 -- West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has urged chief minister Suvendu Adhikari to bid for a Rs.1,500 crore grant under the Centre's newly launched BHAVYA Rasayan Scheme to set up a national-scale chemical park in the state.

"I write to draw your urgent attention to a significant opportunity for West Bengal following the Union Cabinet's approval on July 24 of the BHAVYA Rasayan Scheme, a Rs.3,030 crore central initiative to establish three dedicated chemical parks across the country. States will compete for these three parks, with a central grant of up to Rs.1,000 crore per park against a minimum state contribution of Rs.500 crore on a minimum of 2,000 acres of contiguous, encumbrance-free land," Bhattacharya w...