NEW AIR SERVICE IN DURGAPUR

AirCar, the low-cost charter airline, will soon connect state capital Calcutta with nearby industrial hub using 9-14 seater planes.Their studies indicates that there is immense potential for routes such as Calcutta-Durgapur if the price can be kept low.There are enough senior executives and owners of small firms to fill up a small aircraft. They save time and at affordable prices switch to planes from trains and roadways.Tickets will be sold on these flights through portals.The state will offer airstrips, assistance in handling and security services at the smaller towns, besides providing a captive clientele to AirCar in the form of government officials and ministers.We would use economical aircraft, which do not guzzle huge amounts of jet fuel, and with low landing and other charges, we can keep overheads down.AirCar is keen on tapping what, it feels, can be an excellent market such as Calcutta-Durgapur, having huge potential.

NEW BROADBAND SERVICE IN DURGAPUR

MTS India, the CDMA mobile service of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), commercially rolled out its Moble Broadband Service M-Blaze in 14 cities and Durgapur is one of them. MTS claims that it has the biggest high-speed data services network in all above city specially designed for this which includes several BTS to provide the best wireless internet while on move.The MTS MBlaze Mobile Broadband service also provides Free Internet Surfing on Yahoo India, Wikipedia and MTS India website. Email Access and attachment downloads will be free for Indian yahoo email addresses e.g. myname@yahoo.in, and myname@yahoo.com email addresses.The MTS MBlaze EVDO Wireless Broadband Internet Services comes in two options; the Standard Data Card comes at the price point of Rs.2999 with 2GB Free Downloads while the Premium Data Card cost Rs.3499. MTS also launches attractive Prepaid Data Plans starts from Rs.198 per month.

NEW FERTILIZER PLANT IN DURGAPUR

A private firm is constructing a fertilizer unit in Durgapur and the proposed investment has been calculated at Rs 4000 cr. The government is also reviving the sick fertilizer unit(HFC) in Durgapur.The new plant will use methane gas instead of the resources which were used previously.

JAI BALAJI TO EXPAND

Jai Balaji Group is all set to expand with adding a new steel rolling mill in Durgapur and also by expanding long products' capacity.

NEW 4 SCREEN MULTIPLEX IN DURGAPUR

A Kolkata-based film production, distribution and exhibition company is foraying into the multiplex business with 12 screens planned in West Bengal and Bhutan, indicating that there is still space for players outside the big corporates. Priya Entertainment, the company that owns Priya Cinema in Kolkata, plans to invest between Rs 500-600 million for the 12 screens. Out of these 12 screens a project of a 4-screen multiplex at Durgapur has been taken up.

DOSA PLAZA TO OPEN IN DURGAPUR

Dosa Plaza will be opening one outlet in Durgapur. In an attempt to strengthen Dosa Plaza's presence in the Indian market, leading chain of South Indian fast food restaurant, it plans to open 15 outlets by FY'10. Providing a higher quality experience than any competitor, their goal is to be the eat-out brand of choice, to delight every guest visiting their restaurant by serving traditional homely food with a fresh creative approach in a clean, fun and friendly environment.Dosa Plaza offers a diverse range in the vegetarian snacks menu and moreover, the menu has to offer 104 variants of dosas including traditional and fusion dosas, idli, wada, sheera, upma and a variety of rice, to name a few. Further, the hot cuisines are Salad roast dosa, Paneer crispy dosa, American chopsuey dosa, Salsa lite, Mexican roast dosa, Schezwan dosa, Spring roll dosa, Maharaja Masala, and the 4 ft. Prem sada dosa.