Salboni

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native_name = Salboni | type = city | latd = 22.63 | longd = 87.19
locator_position = right | state_name = West Bengal
district = Paschim Medinipur
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altitude = 25
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Salboni (also Salbani) is a town and a police station in Paschim Medinipur in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the location of a Reserve Bank of India currency printing press and is the proposed site of a steel plant.

History

During the second world war it was an air base of the Royal Air Force. [ [http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/h356.html Royal Air force – History of No. 356 Squadron] , [http://www.britains-smallwars.com/India/159.html 159 Squadron] ]

Geography

Salboni is located at coord|22.6|N|87.19|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Salbani.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Salboni] ] . It has an average elevation of 25 metres (85 feet).

Economy

Proposed steel plant

JSW Steel signed a pact with West Bengal government on 11 January 2007 to set up a 10 million tonne steel plant in Salboni. [ [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/01/12/stories/2007011204450200.htm The Hindu Business Line 12 January 2007] ] This will be the largest single investment in Bengal ever. The plant will come up on a 5,000-acre plot. The district magistrate B.P. Barat said around 95 per cent of the land for the Jindal project is fallow, barring a few acres in two mouzas, inhabited by tribals. [ [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061223/asp/frontpage/story_7175505.asp The Telegraph, 23 December 2006] ]

The first phase of the steel project will need an investment of Rs. 15,000 crore that would include a 3-million tonne steel plant, a 600 MW captive power plant, an independent 1,000 MW power plant, development of coal mines and a berth in the Haldia port. The next two phases will need investment of Rs. 10,000 crore each to enhance steel production to 10 million tonnes. It will provide direct and indirect employment totalling 10,000. [ The Telegraph, print edition, 11 January 2007, [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070112/asp/frontpage/story_7252434.asp The Telegraph 12 January 2007] , [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/01/12/stories/2007011204450200.htm The Hindu Business Line 12 January 2007] ]

Politics

Sundar Hazra of CPI (M) was the MLA of Salboni Assembly Constituency for about 20 yrs. Later, Khagen Mahata of CPI (M) was elected to the state assembly from Salboni constituency in 2006 [ [http://archive.eci.gov.in/May2006/pollupd/ac/states/S25/Aconst222.htm 2006 state elections] ] and in 2001 [ [http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/pollupd/ac/states/s25/aconst222.htm 2001 state elections] ]

Salboni is part of Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency). [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
title = Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies
accessdate = 2008-10-02
work = West Bengal
publisher = Election Commission of India ]

Extremists have been active in the area, especially in the forests around Salboni. [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/12/07/stories/2003120703161000.htm The Hindu 7 December 2003] , [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050220/asp/bengal/story_4401856.asp The Telegraph 20 February 2005] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.jindalsteel.com/ Jindal Steel website]

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