Economic Growth and Industrialization: a Case Study of Barjora- Gangajalghati Planning Area of Bankura District, West Bengal
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Mukt Shabd Journal ISSN NO : 2347-3150 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INDUSTRIALIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF BARJORA- GANGAJALGHATI PLANNING AREA OF BANKURA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL Jhantu Mondal Assistant Professor of Geography Dr. B.N.D.S Mahavidyalaya Hatgobindapur, Burdwan West Bengal, India Abstract The pace of industrialization in Bankura district is very slow. Barjora and Gangajalghati planning area has been created for the economic development of this region. Presently there is a number of small and medium scale industries located in this region. After agriculture, industry is the main economy of this region. As the region is also rich in agriculture there is plenty of scope of development of agro based industries. The present paper emphasized on the present scenario of industrialization in the region and also highlighted the problems and future prospects of industrialization in this region. Key Words: Economic Growth, Industrialization, Planning area, Bankura Introduction The West Bengal Town & Country (Planning & Development) Act, 1979 has been operating within the whole state of West Bengal, except in the area comes under the Cantonment Act, 1924 since 1979, with an objective to promote planned development in both rural and urban areas. On 21st day of September.1992, the Development and Planning (Town and Country Planning) Department of Government of West Bengal had enacted this act in some parts of Barjora and Gangajalghati Police Stations under Sadar Subdivision of District Bankura vide the notification no. 2990/T&CP/1S-3/91. This area was declared as Planning Area under section 9 of the said Town Planning act vide notification no 2991/ T&CP/ 1S-3/91 on the same date. Subsequently Barjora Ganjalghati Planning Authority was also constituted on that day vide notification No 2991/ T&C P/1S-3/91 and the District Magistrate of Bankura was declared as the Planning Authority. With the technical consultation of the experts of the Town & Country Planning Branch, the district authority with the support of concerned blocks has able to prepare the Present Land Use Maps and Land Registers of the entire planning area under section 28 of WBT&CP Act, 1979 and in compliance of the directives in the section 29 of the said act finally notified (757/DPC) those documents in the official gazette on 31st day of October, 2003. Barjora Gangajalghati Planning Area is located within close proximity of the Durgapur Asansol Industrial Region is separated by the river Damodar, flowing from East to West. Government had taken initiatives to develop Durgapur as a planned Industrial town that helped Durgapur to consolidate its place as one of the most promising Industrial Town of West Bengal during the second half of the last century. But in Bankura, one of the backward districts of the state, the scenario was totally different. The pace of industrialization in this district has been very slow. Except Mejia Thermal Power Station no other heavy industry has come up. Only at Barjora non municipal urban centre and its adjoining area a few medium size industries are in operation. In the last decade Volume IX, Issue VII, JULY/2020 Page No : 958 Mukt Shabd Journal ISSN NO : 2347-3150 Development & Planning (Town & Country Planning) Department of Government of West Bengal had decided to enforce the existing state Town Planning Act in this region like its counterpart Asansol-Durgapur coal steel belt where this act is in operation since early eighties of last century. Location of the Study area Barjora-Gangajalghati planning area lies in between 23 23' and 23 31' north of latitude and in between 87 05' and 87 20'east of longitude. Barjora Gangajalghati Planning Area is located at the northern part of the Bankura District consisting of 44 mouzas under Borjora Panchayet Samity and 38 mouzas under Gangajolghati Panchayet Samity. The river Damoder marked the northern boundary of this planning area. LANDUSE MAP OF BARJORA GANGAJALGHATI PLANNING AUTHORITY Source: B.L.R.O, Bankura Objectives The major objectives of the present study are i.To trace the history of development of this area as a planning area ii. To assess the present industrial scenario of this planning area Volume IX, Issue VII, JULY/2020 Page No : 959 Mukt Shabd Journal ISSN NO : 2347-3150 iii. To evaluate the future aspects of this planning area Materials and Methods For assessing the economic growth and industrial development of this region, various secondary data has been collected from B.L.R.O office of Bankura district. Block level data related to different small and medium scale industry has been collected from the Block development office of Barjora and Gangajalghati block. Based on the data collected some tables and charts has been prepared for better visualization and understanding of the region. Results and Discussion Present Industrial Scenario Since 1990, there are many small and medium scale industry has been established in this planning area (Table-1) Table-1 Small and medium scale industry in the planning area Seria Name of the Name of Location Date of Environment Employme l Factory the establishmen al status nt Product t generated 1 X-Pro India BOPP Kadasol April,91 Red 172 film 2 Neelkamal Moulded Kadasol July,99 Green 58 Plastics furniture 3 Hindustan Mosquito Birsinghap Novembar,9 Special Red 167 Seals repeller coils ur 9 4 Kangsabati Textile Dejuri July,93 Orange 308 Co-op spinning Spinning Mill 5 Kero Monolithi Deucha May,90 Green 27 Rajendra c monolithics refratories 6 Satabdi Monolithi Saharjora November,9 Green 9 monolethics c 9 refractorie s 7 Spark Mosquito Birsinghap July,99 Orange 177 Exports repeller ur Limited coils 8 Durgapur Flour Sahebdihi September,9 Green 36 flour mill mill 6 9 Bengal Stoneware Sahebdihi November,9 Red 59 Stoneware pipes 8 10 Tuff Tubes PVC Dejuri 1992 Red 34 pipes Volume IX, Issue VII, JULY/2020 Page No : 960 Mukt Shabd Journal ISSN NO : 2347-3150 11 Quality Refractor Paharpur 1984 Red 20 chemical & y brick storage 12 21st Refractor Paharpur April,2000 Red 13 century y ceramics work 13 Sarada Rice Rice Deucha January,02 Orange 23 Mill processing In Barjora and its adjoining area, significant impacts of industries of construction materials are also present. Adjacent to river Damodar there is Brick Manufacturing units concentrated at Krishnanagar Mouza (Table-2). There is a good number of Stone Crushing Units, fairly distributed at Barjora and its surroundings have already emerged (Table-3). For loading and unloading services in such type of industries and its related transportation sectors a fairly large numbers of labours are engaged. Table-2 Brick fields in the planning area Serial no Name of the unit location Environmental Status Employment 1 Binda Brick Works Krishnanagar Orange 50 2 Kusum Brick Krishnangar Orange 70 Works 3 Kumar Brick Krishnangar Orange 125 Works 4 Sham Brick Works Krishnangar Orange 45 5 Milan Brick Works Krishnangar Orange 35 6 Kajal Brick Works Krishnangar Orange 35 7 Kiran Brick Works Krishnangar Orange 42 8 Mukta Brick Krishnangar Orange 70 Works 9 Bidhan Brick Krishnangar Orange 70 Works Table-3 Stone crushing units within planning area Serial no Name of the unit Location Environmental Status Employment 1 Barjora Stone chips Barjora Red 16 2 Banerjee Stone syndicate Barjora Red 25 3 Modern Stone crushing Ghutgoria Red 18 4 Bugrai Stone crushing Ghutgoria Red 18 5 Mondal Industry Barjora Red 13 6 Ma Durga Stone crusher Monohar Red 14 7 Maliara Stone syndicate Maliara Red 10 8 Ghosal Stone crusher Ghutgoria Red 23 9 Biswakarma Stone crusher Ghutgoria Red 17 In Barjora commercial activities played another significant role and already attained the status of non municipal urban centre where. Existence of oil and flour mills at Barjora is the illustration of this reputation (Table-4). Volume IX, Issue VII, JULY/2020 Page No : 961 Mukt Shabd Journal ISSN NO : 2347-3150 Table-4 Oil & flour mills in the planning area Serial no Name of the mill Location Environmental Status Employment 1 MK Oil & Flour Barjora Green 4 Mill 2 Rakshya Kali Oil Barjora Green 4 Mill 3 Radheshyam Mill Maliara Green 3 The planning area has a significant coverage of forest area. Saharjora forest is located adjacent to Barjora. The transitional character of Barjora is supported by the presence of saw mill (Table-5). Table-5 Saw mills in the planning area Serial no Name of the unit Location Environmental Status Employment 1 Biswakarma Saw Barjora Orange 3 mill 2 New Saw mill Barjora Orange 4 The location of Industries in the the planning area distinctly establishes the potentiality of Barjora as industrial Growth Centre. Most of the industries are situated within 3 kilometres radius from Barjora non-municipal town (Table-6). Maliara is appearing as another potential urban sub centre but it is not likely to achieve the industrial activity scale of Barjora and its immediate hinterland. Table-6 Industrial concentration at barjora & its surrounding environs Location Uni PVC Spinn Mosq Spon Refract Ri Sto Ston Oi Sa Bri ts & ing uito ge ory ce ne e l w ck Poly mer Texti repell Iron Mi war crush M Mi Fie le ent ll e er ill ll ld Kadasol 3 2+1* Birsingha 4 1* 2 1* pur Deucha 2 1 1 Dejuri 2 1 1 1 Sahebdih 1 1* i Saharjora 1 1 Paharpur 2 2 Ghutgori 4 4 a Barjora 8 1* 3 2 2 Maliara 2 1 1 Manohar 1 1 Krishnan 9 9 agar *represents incoming industries Recent decision of setting up of an industrial estate is also within close proximity of this urbanizing centre has been taken (Table-7). Table-7 Industries in the pipeline within the planning area Serial Name of the Name of the Location Environmental no Facotry Product Status 1 Times Pact Poly Bag Kadasol Green Volume IX, Issue VII, JULY/2020 Page No : 962 Mukt Shabd Journal ISSN NO : 2347-3150 2 Barjora Corrugated Birsingha Green Packaging Box pur 3 Rishov Sponge Sponge Iron Barjora Special Red 4 MB Ishpat Sponge Iron Birsingha Special Red Copn pur 5 Govinda Impex Sponge Iron Sahebdihi Special Red Although Ganghalghati is an industrially backward area but the existing thermal power plant at this block has changed the dimension of the industrial potentiality of this region.