Orissa government today formally invited the Tatas to set up the small car manufacturing unit in the state. In a letter to Ratan Tata, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (pictured) asked him to utilise the company’s unused land at Gopalpur in the Ganjam district and avail all facilities provided to investors under the Industrial Policy Resolution-2007.
“I wonder why you are not considering setting up the project at Gopalpur in Orissa where you have in your possession about 3,700 acres since 1998,” Patnaik said in the letter. Batting in favour of the state, Patnaik said Gopalpur was located on the National Highway-5 and right on the rail route connecting Kolkata and Chennai. Orissa had been a favourite destination for investors from across the globe in the mineral, IT and tourism sector, the chief minister said.
