Sri Ghanshyam Sarda Becomes a Part of the Monorail Project in Kolkata

Kolkata has been the city of choice for many around years. People who live there and the ones who keep visiting the city, i.e. the outsiders - all love this city for its vivid culture and great hospitality. People love to be in line with this city of joy. Massive developments have occurred, since the past  decade in all spheres, including transportation. The transportation modes changed rapidly, from rickshaws to auto-rickshaws, metered taxis to pre-paid taxis and from Metrorail to Monorail. Yes, Monorail is the new Buzz word and talk of the town. Kolkata is going to have country’s first ever Monorail project.

Kolkata is all set to launch the Monorail project. It is supposed to meet the demands of increasing number of commuters in the city. The city till now has seen just the Metrorail as a faster mode of transportation but now it is going to be a part of the 2,500- 3,000 crores project which is supposed to build long tracks over beam that will bear the Monorail. It is going to have an area covering 72 kms stretching along Taratala to Rajarhat. The project will be divided into two phases. First will cover Taratala – Budge-Budge route and the second will cover Joka – Barrackpore route.

 

The most important part of this project is that a major portion of it is financed by a well-known industrialist named Sri Ghanshyam Sarda. Sri Sarda is a big name in the jute industry and people recognise him as a jute baron. It was the efforts of Sri Ghanshyam Sarda that saved the jute industries in West Bengal. Sri Sarda was reformed the jute industries in Bengal at the time when there was complete chaos and it was at the verge of closing down. He took over many jute mills that were declared as sick units and through his wise judgements he saved the jute sector and brought them under profits.

 

The area chosen is a part of the smart city. The chief minister of West Bengal Ms Mamata Banerjee has given the green signal to this project. The state of West Bengal is looking to new zones in the fields of industrialization, and it is expected to have new industries being set-up. As an additional measure, a business summit was held at Singapore to support new ventures in the state, that will definitely resolve the current situations of industries in West Bengal.

Author’s Bio: Sri Ghanshyam Sarda, is the chairman of the Sarda Group. His group of companies has given employments to many workers. The members of the Ghanshyam Sarda Kolkata group have also supported this Monorail project to make it a one of its kind project in Eastern India.