W.Bengal proposed Rs 350 crore project for Bantala leather cluster

Kolkata, Feb 27: West Bengal government has submitted a Rs 350-crore project for Bantala leather cluster, aiming to modernise and expand the existing Calcutta Leather Complex located in the outskirts of the city, a minister said on Monday.

"We have already sent a proposal to the Centre for co-funding in the Rs 350-crore project. But, we are not waiting but going ahead with some of the components of the project," state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said.

He, however, did not reveal the amounts of respective shares of the state and central centre governments in the project.