Statesman News Service
MALDA, 27 JAN: The English Bazaar Congress MLA Mr Krishnendu Choudhury has decided to urge chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to set up a unit of Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture (Indian Council of Agriculture Research) in Malda for the development of horticulture and its industries in the region.
Recently back from a visit to the CISH, Lucknow, the MLA said:” The Centre had earlier sanctioned Rs 12 crore to set up a wing of the CISH at Malda . Though the state government has earmarked a 60 acres plot of land close to the Malda food park and newly set up Gour Banga University for the purpose, the land is yet to be handed over to the CISH”, Mr Choudhury claimed.
According to him, an agreement for the purpose between the CISH and the state government is yet to be signed. “I shall write to the chief minister to finalise the matter after signing agreement for the handing over the plot of land to the Centre for setting up the research station”, he said.
Experts in Lucknow claimed that such a research station would help farmers in northern region of West Bengal, identified as agri-export zone, for the development of horticulture.
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