This is one investment story that refuses to die down. Thankfully so for Bengal, for it’s about a project which just there cannot be many. It’s not a steel plant of which there is no dearth in India, especially in the east. Nor is it a IT project of which too there is no shortage of presence in India’s main centers of educated workmanship.
This investment can possibly be one of its kind in the whole country, and perhaps the entire southeast Asia. I’m talking about Boeing Company’s proposed MRO hub to be set up in India. But, hasn’t Boeing already decided to have the facility in Nagpur?
Oh sure. And why not? As part of central government’s largest civil aviation order (of 68 airplanes to expand Air India’s fleet strength) in the country’s history, Boeing good-naturedly agreed to set up MRO hub in India. And where else would that be except in Nagpur, the home state of Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel?
But perhaps the ink hasn’t dried yet. If today’s ABP news item is to be believed, a large international airplane maintenance company wants to set foot in Bengal, and they need 5000 acres of land for that.
Subhas Chakraborty, the state transport minister, who broke the news yesterday, hasn’t named the company who wishes to make Bengal the destination. One understands the reason. After all, it’s a high-stake game – one that needs lots of patience and very clever behind-the-scene maneuvering.
If, at the end of the day, Boeing does come to Bengal, it’ll be big triumph in favor of big-ticket investment in the state. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
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