Patna: With a view to expand the industrial area network to boost investment and create employment opportunities, the state cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to acquire 2627 acres of land at a cost of Rs 812 crore.

As part of the decision to expand the industrial areas in the state, the highest 991 acres of land will be acquired at a cost of Rs 351 crore in Begusarai district while 500 acres of land will be acquired at a cost of Rs 219 crore in Patna district, Cabinet Secretariat Department’s Additional Chief Secretary S Siddharth said in a post cabinet briefing here.

Infrastructure Development Authority (IDA), Patna will carry out land acquisition for the development of all the five industrial areas in the state, he said.

Similarly, 167.34 acres of land in Siwan at a cost of Rs 113 crore, 420.62 acres of land in Saharsa district at a cost of Rs 88.01 crore and 548.87 acres of land in Madhepura district at a cost of Rs 41.26 crore, Siddharth said.

It also gave nod for acquisition of 1300 acres of land for development of Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) being developed under Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Project at Dobhi in Gaya Ji district, Siddharth said while making it clear that the above industrial areas will be new ones while the IMC at Dobhi is........

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