Kolkata, Sept. 17 -- West Bengal is set for a major industrial push ahead of the festive season, with land parcels to be handed over at Budge Budge Shilpa Taluk and a Rs 6,000-crore project at Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) scheduled for inauguration.

Announcing the developments at Baja Kadamtala Ghat after lighting a ceremonial lamp to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said industrialists would be handed over land parcels at Budge Budge Shilpa Taluk on September 23.

The bigger announcement concerns Haldia, where a new phenol and acetone plant set up under HPL subsidiary Adplus Polymers & Chemicals will be formally inaugurated on October 14, just before Shashthi during Devi Paksha.

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