Take step to utilise unused plots at BSCIC parks

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu urged officials concerned Wednesday to take initiative for utilising unused plots located at the industrial parks operated by the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC).

"I asked the officials concerned to take steps for utilising unused plots at BSCIC industrial parks," he told the media after meeting with the district commissioners (DCs) on the second day of the ongoing DC Conference 2014 at the conference room of the cabinet division at Bangladesh Secretariat.

Earlier, the management of BSCIC was set to cancel the allotment of unutilised plots at the industrial parks if these were not developed by the year-end, officials said.

According to them, even after a long period of allotment of the plots, the entrepreneurs are yet to submit lay-out plans relating to their business, hampering many prospective investments and employments in the industrial parks.

The land allotment committees (LACs) headed by the DC of each district have been working to identify the unutilised plots at BSCIC industrial parks.

The unutilised BSCIC plots have high demand among the investors; but poor infrastructure, insufficient supply of gas and electricity are major hurdles towards development of the plots at the industrial parks, according to entrepreneurs.