WB Govt to rope in FRDC to develop firework manufacturing industry in state

New Delhi, May 30 (KNN) To develop manufacturing of fireworks as a major industry in Bengal, the state government will rope in the Fireworks Research and Development Centre (FRDC) at Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to set up a cluster of fireworks factories at Baruipur in South 24-Parganas.

Being an expert organization in ensuring quality and safety standards for the entire industry, the decision has been taken to write to FRDC to prepare the DPR, a senior official of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise and Textiles department said, according to a media report.

The DPR will be prepared to set up the cluster with common facility centre at Baruipur in South 24-Parganas. Later, the same model as per the DPR will be replicated to set up such clusters in other parts of the state.

Many villages in Bengal, mainly in South 24-Parganas manufacturing firecrackers is the source of livelihood for many and thus to create a better, safe and hazard free environment for them, the state government has decided to rope in an expert organization like FRDC to prepare DPR, the official told the press.

In this direction 50-acre land at Baruipur in South 24-Parganas has already been identified and all other processes are also in progress to set up the cluster.

The cluster will be set up adhering to all norms and will ensure technological up-gradation which will further ensure the improvement in quality work.

There will also be a centre for testing of raw materials for quality control and at the same time, there will also be standardization of work.

Also, warehouses for storing highly inflammable materials needs to be plan properly and thus requires fool proof planning before initiating the work, official added.