Kolkata, November 21 (Language) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that a tender will soon be issued for the development of Tajpur deep sea port. Earlier it was said that this project would be handed over to Adani Group.
This announcement by Banerjee has created clouds of uncertainty regarding this deep sea port project.
The project was earlier scheduled to be awarded to Adani Ports and SEZ Limited (APSEZ) in October 2022. APSEZ was the lowest (L-1) bidder in the two final bids. JSW Group was also a contender at that time.
Addressing the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) held here, Banerjee said there are 12 ‘game-changing’ opportunities in Bengal. “The first opportunity is the proposed deep sea port at Tajpur which is up for tender,” he said. You can participate in the tender. It will attract investment of three billion dollars i.e. Rs 25,000 crore.
The absence of Adani Group from this conference has also raised questions on its role in the Tajpur port project.
“This could be a political compulsion,” a source told PTI.
Sources said Adani Port has ‘not backed out’ and the project is waiting for the allotment letter. The allotment letter is a necessary document to proceed further after the letter of intent to allot (LOIA) submitted recently.
Banerjee herself had submitted the LOIA to APSEZ Chief Executive Officer Karan Adani in October 2022.
Several attempts were made to contact West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi to clarify the situation on the invitation given to industrialists to participate in the tender for the Tajpur project, but it did not happen.
No official comment has come yet to clarify the situation in this regard.
language love prem raman
Raman
