RAJSHAHI, Oct 16, 2023 (BSS) - A total of 27 entrepreneurs have got plot allocation in the second industrial estate of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) here last night.
 
Local BSCIC authorities arranged a function for handing over the allocation paper at the conference hall of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industries (RCCI).
 
Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton attended and addressed the ceremony coupled with handing over the allocation papers as chief guest with Additional Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Anisul Islam in the chair.
 
BSCIC Regional Director Rezaul Alam Sarker, Deputy General Manager Jewel Chandra Sen, RCCI President Masudur Rahman, District unit president of National Association of Small Industries in Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam and President of Rajshahi Women Chamber of Commerce and Industries Prof Rozety Naznin also spoke.
 
Mayor Liton told the meeting that the BSCIC has created scopes of generating 10,000 more employment here as construction of its second industrial estate is on the final stage.
 
The estate has been developed on 50 acres of land at Parila Kechuatoil, Uzirpukur and Lalitahar areas at Paba upazila in the district.
 
The development works were implemented under a project titled "Rajshahi BSCIC Industrial Estate-2" involving around Taka 172 crore that will also help flourish the industrial sector in the city and its outskirts.
 
BSCIC Regional Director Rezaul Alam Sarker said they have implemented the development project constructing 296 plots for accommodating 250 industrial units coupled with generating employment opportunities.
 
Under the project, there are three types of plots. The number of A-type industrial units is 83 having 6,000 square feet each while 89 units are B-type with 4,500 square feet each and the remaining plots are S-type with the size of 3,500-8,000 square feet.
 
The industrial plots were developed considering the country's socio-economic condition and future necessity, as the entrepreneurs are expanding the SME gradually in the region.
 
All sorts of necessary facilities for industrial units including roads, drains, culverts, water, gas and power supply, boundary wall, pump house, office and water reservoir were ensured.