Haryana: 49 SEZs to attract Rs 1,75,000 cr investment

Chandigarh, Mar 14 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said the Centre had approved in principle 49 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for the state, which would attract a total investment of Rs 175,000 crore.

''The state government has received 72 proposals for setting of SEZs out of which 49 have been approved in principle by the Government of India. These would attract a total investment of Rs 75,000 crore,'' the Chief Minister said in his reply to the discussion on the Governor's Address to the State Assembly.

The dicussion was boycotted Claiming a fast pace of development in the industrial sector, Mr Hooda said an investment of Rs 22,000 crore had been made during the past two years, generating employment opportunities for 40,000 people.

Similarly, a Petro-chemical Hub was being set up at Panipat by Indian Oil Corporation at a cost of Rs 35,000 crore, which would give employment to about 50,000 people.

Four new Industrial Model Townships were being set up at Kharkhauda, Rohtak, Faridabad and Yamunanagar.

Reiterating his commitment to make Haryana the number one State in the country, he said concrete steps taken by his government in this direction would soon translate this vision into reality.

He said the policies of the state government were centered around the uplift of the poor labourers, farmers and the common man to ensure that the benefits of development percolate down to the masses.

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