Asansol, Oct. 29 -- Corporate giant Vedanta Group's renewed bid to set up a major aluminium smelter and power plant in West Bengal has raised hopes of reviving the state's dormant industrial belt after its earlier attempt to develop the region was stalled following a change of government in 2011.
The proposed project, with an investment of Rs 70,000 crore to Rs 80,000 crore, has gained fresh momentum after Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal's met Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna on Wednesday, with the BJP government promising support to turn the long-pending project into reality.
The project has brought the spotlight back on J K Nagar near Asansol, a site with a significant place in India's industrial history. The area housed the cou...