Second Bogra industrial estate plan shelved
Finding no space in BSCIC industrial area of Bogra, small and medium entrepreneurs are establishing their industrial units in residential areas making the town inhabitable.
In 1964 the government established Bogra BSCIC industrial estate on 14 acres of land in the town to accommodate the small and medium scale industrial units and the plot allocation was completed by 1972.
Later, the industrial area was extended to 18.67 acres in 1980 in a bid to accommodate the increasing industrial units and the allocation of plots was completed by 90s.
Now there are 85 industrial units on 233 plots of the industrial area. Meanwhile, government later acquired 15 acres of land to make second BSCIC industrial estate at Soipukuria under Sadar upazila in 1980.
A four member-committee was formed making Deputy Secretary of Planning and Development Commission as convener on February 6, 2005
during the four-party alliance government to accomplish the feasibility study of the area.
The committee proposed to establish the industrial estate in the acquired land in Soipukuria considering the availability of gas and other raw materials in the area.
About 15,000 people will get job in the 104 industrial units in the proposed second industrial area - the committee observed. But the
second BSCIC industrial area is yet to be established as it has been shelved in the planning ministry.
Altaf Hossain, deputy general manager of Centre for Industrial Co-operation of Bogra BSCIC said a high profile delegation from
Industries Ministry visited the area last year but no steps have yet been taken in this regard.
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