PRE PAID TAXI SERVICE:DURGAPUR

Soon, Durgapur is going to have Pre Paid Taxi Service,this is for the first time outside Kolkata any city in West Bengal can boast of such a service.Durgapur station would be having a pre paid booth for collecting tickets and the fares would be determined from that centre for different parts of the city and now onwards taxi drivers cannot ask for arbitrary fares from passengers.Service would be starting in another 2 months.

WIRE PLANT:RAMSARUP INDUSTRIES

Ramsarup Industries has set up one Wire Plant in Durgapur with a capacity of 30,000 tonnes per annum and with an investment of Rs 275 Crore.

COKE PLANT:JAI BALAJI GROUP

Jai Balaji Group will set up a 4 lakh tonne Coke Plant in Durgapur.This is going to be an upstrem facility.

EXPANSION STORY:JAI BALAJI GROUP

Jai Balaji Industries will be investing Rs 400 Crore to manufacture value added steel.The company plans to set up a Ductile Iron Pipe and 2 Rolling Mills at its existing plant in Durgapur.The Ductile Iron Pipe Plant with a 24,000 tonne capacity will be ready within this year. and the Rolling mills with a capacity(combined) of 200000 tonne will be ready within the next 2 years.

UNIT AT DURGAPUR CHEMICALS LIMITED

Durgapur Chemicals Limited(DCL) has invested Rs 107 Crore to set up one Membrane Cell Unit which is environmentally friendly and has been set up with technical collaboration from companies from Switzerland,Japan and China.The unit will produce 100 metric tonne of Chlorine on a daily basis.

FOOD CRAFT INSTITUTE

Durgapur is soon going to have one Food Craft Institute.The centre is coming in Fuljhore,Durgapur on an area of 3 acre.

URBAN HUT IN DURGAPUR

Durgapur is the first city in West Bengal to have one Urban Hut-the infrastructure will be developed in the same lines of Delhi Hut in New Delhi.The Urban Hut will come up in Palasdiha area near City Centre.Industry sources said that Durgapur presents the most attractive environment to build such a centre.This initiative has been taken in order to help the small and cottage industries in West Bengal.The Hut will come up on an area of 5 acre at an investment of Rs 3 crore.The building of this Hut will be completed in the early 2010.The Urban Hut would primarily consist of an Open Theatre,Stalls of hand made products and other articles,Childern's Corner and a permanent Fair Ground.People from Bardhaman,Bankura,Purulia,Hooghly and Birbhum will be given preference in putting stalls in the Urban Hut.Entrtepreneurs have said that this is a platform where buyers and sellers would find themselves and it very well suits with the geographical and psychological settings and the buying capacity of Durgapur.

3G MOBILE SERVICE

Durgapur is the first city in West Bengal to get the 3G mobile service.The service is going to start on 27 February.To make this happen BSNL is raising the number of existing BTS(Base Transeiver Station) from 23 to 39 in Durgapur.The tariff structure for 3G mobile services has not yet finalised but unofficial sources said that it would be available at a charge of extra Rs 300 per month as rental.To get the service one needs a 3G enabled set and then one can enjoy video call,live TV,super speed mobile internet surfing and video streaming.

COMPUTERISED:ANDHRA BANK

In order to provide better quality service to its customers,the branch of Andhra bank in Sepco Township has been computerised.

NEW ALLOY & STAINLESS STEEL PLANT:JAI BALAJI GROUP

A new alloy & stainless steel plant by the Jai Balaji Group has been inaugurated in Banskopa,Durgapur.The plant involves an investment of Rs 225 cr.The unit will be providing employment to 50,000 youths.

NEW HANG OUT ZONE

The new cave like structure that has been found in the Ambuja Township,City Centre,Durgapur, will be modelled as a hang-out zone,the development and maintenance of the structure has been handed over to the heritage department ,work is going on to develop a park around the spot and the near by water body will be having boating facility.

AVAILABILITY OF LAND: DURGAPUR AEROTROPOLIS

BAPL(Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited) is expecting to start the main work in the month of October,because the land will be handed over to the company by that time, time upto October is required for land acquisition,these10 months will be taken for dressing and fencing the land which will then be given to BAPL.It will take another 18 months from October to build the runway fit for A-320 aircrafts.We can expect Aerotropolis to come up in full shape in the year 2012.

WEBEL IT CENTRE

Webel IT centre,a 3 storey building is going to come up near City Centre,the building will have better infrastructure and it will cater to numerous small & mid sized IT companies that are keen on opening new IT centres in Durgapur.The building will be constructed by IVRCL and it is going to come up at a cost of Rs 11 crore.