Food Park to come up in Siliguri
Updated: Feb 24, 2014 12:10:21pm
Siliguri, Feb 24 (KNN) The West Bengal Government has taken initiatives for promoting the food processing industries in the state with the setting up of a food park here which will be outsourced for operation and management.
In this context, Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority has invited bids from interested parties to operate and maintain the Food Park at Leusipukri PS Phansidewa in the district of Darjeeling, West Bengal.
The proposed food park will be spread across an area of 32.77 acres.
It will provide infrastructure facilities for food processing industries, along the value chain from the farm to the market. While it will help immensely in the processing of perishables, it will also increase the share in global food trade.
Siliguri stands on the verge of Terai and at the foothills of Himalayas and situated partly in Darjeeling and partly in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. It is one of the most important towns in West Bengal and called the gateway of the North-Eastern States.
The advantageous location of Siliguri makes it an ideal centre of trade, commerce and transit tourist traffic, lying as it does on the traditional trade route to Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Even in its initial period of growth, the town which has acquired a cosmopolitan character has attracted people from its vast hinterlands stretching as far as Bihar, eastern fringes of Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority has been established under the West Bengal Town and Country Act 1979 and has been entrusted with the responsibility of Planning and Development of Siliguri - Jalpaiguri Planning Area. (KNN/ES)
In this context, Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority has invited bids from interested parties to operate and maintain the Food Park at Leusipukri PS Phansidewa in the district of Darjeeling, West Bengal.
The proposed food park will be spread across an area of 32.77 acres.
It will provide infrastructure facilities for food processing industries, along the value chain from the farm to the market. While it will help immensely in the processing of perishables, it will also increase the share in global food trade.
Siliguri stands on the verge of Terai and at the foothills of Himalayas and situated partly in Darjeeling and partly in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. It is one of the most important towns in West Bengal and called the gateway of the North-Eastern States.
The advantageous location of Siliguri makes it an ideal centre of trade, commerce and transit tourist traffic, lying as it does on the traditional trade route to Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Even in its initial period of growth, the town which has acquired a cosmopolitan character has attracted people from its vast hinterlands stretching as far as Bihar, eastern fringes of Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority has been established under the West Bengal Town and Country Act 1979 and has been entrusted with the responsibility of Planning and Development of Siliguri - Jalpaiguri Planning Area. (KNN/ES)
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