Govt mulls setting up of separate industrial park

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FE Report
Industries minister Dilip Barua said Tuesday the government is actively considering setting up separate industrial park for the country's booming light engineering sub sector.
He was addressing a workshop on problems and prospects of light engineering industry as chief guest at a city community centre.
The programme was organised by Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Foundation in collaboration with Bangladesh Light Engineering Owners Association (BLEOA).
"We are finalising industrial policy. Under the policy, separate industrial parks will be set up for the light engineering, automobile engineering and sub contracting sub sectors," Mr Barua said.
He said the work for building separate industrial zones for the pharmaceuticals and plastic goods manufacturers has already started to give a boost to the potential sectors.
"I personally think that there is necessity for setting up separate industrial zones for the potential sectors to ensure a balanced industrialisation in the country," he added.
He said: "We hope the industrial parks will be implemented shortly."
BLEOA President Abdur Razzak told the FE: "We have already earmarked an area for installing a separate industrial park for light engineering industry at Keraniganj area. We want it under public private partnership."