Responding to the long pending demand of common effluent treatment plant (CETP) at Hingna Industrial Area, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) on Thursday said that it will allot land free of cost for the facility. Chief Executive Officer MIDC Dr P Anbalagan also asked the stake holders to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the same.

He said this while interacting with the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) members comprising Vidarbha Industries Association (VIA), MIDC Industries Association (MIA) Hingna, Butibori Manufacturers Association (BMA), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Vidarbha Region, Kalmeshwar Industries Association (KIA), Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DICCI), Vidarbha Chapter and Laghu Udyog Bharati (LUB) Nagpur at VIA Auditorium.

He has assured that no extension charges will be levied on auction property from NCLT, DRT, financial institutions, industries. Rajesh Zanzad, Chief Engineer – MIDC was also present on the occasion.

At the outset, Suresh Rathi, President – VIA, in his welcome address, congratulated Dr P Anbalagan for launching the first phase of ‘Plug & Play’ scheme by MIDC in the Additional Butibori.

He also expressed gratitude towards MIDC for 16 months extension for obtaining BCC as the construction activities were at halt during Covid-19 period.

Rathi further requested Dr P Anbalagan to open Dy CEO Office in Nagpur for speedy movement of files. C G Shegaonkar, President – MIA, spoke about the CETP and garbage at Butibori and Hingna MIDC Industrial Area and raised the issue of Gram Panchayat Tax and encroachment on the MIDC road.

Ashish Chandarana, Member of VCCI, Akola, Shekhar Tongo, representative from Gadchiroli District; Hukumchand Agrawal;

Pankaj Sarda, President – Bhandara Metal Manufacturers Association, Surendra Deshmukh, Secretary – Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce, Amravati, and others also raised many issues.

He also said that he will study the issues submitted by associations in detail and try to resolve them. Due to lack of timing, he further assured that similar meeting be called virtually in next month with selected industrial issues of Vidarbha region for its quick disposal.

Pravin Tapadia, Past President – VIA highlighted other major issues of MIDC. Gaurav Sarda, Secretary – VIA conducted the proceedings and Ashish Doshi, Joint Secretary – VIA proposed a formal vote of thanks.

Prominently present were Atul Pande, IPP, Rohit Bajaj, Ex Sr VP – VIA, Dr Suhas Buddhe, VP – VIA; Anil Chandak, EC Member-VIA; Girdhari Mantri, Chairman VIA CSR Forum; Shrikant Dondharikar, LUB; Mahendra Patel, RO – MIDC,. and others.