Industrialist Gautam Adani has announced plans to deploy more than Rs 1 lakh crore across West Bengal over the coming decade, covering infrastructure, energy, logistics, green cement and data centres.
Speaking at the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata on September 24, Adani said the eastern region must emerge as a new centre of economic activity.
He described Bengal as essential to India’s ambition of becoming a developed nation and highlighted its links to industrial states, the Northeast and markets across Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
The proposed investment will include ports, power generation and distribution, roads, bridges, ropeways and hyperscale data centres.
Healthcare and Cultural Projects
Adani also announced the Adani Arogya Mandir, a proposed 2,000-bed medical institute in New Town. Half of its beds will be reserved for people unable to afford quality healthcare.
The group will also support the revitalisation of Kumartuli Ghat, a curated Durga Puja programme showcasing Bengal’s artists, and conservation work at the historic Writers’ Building.
Adani paid tribute to Bengal’s industrialists, entrepreneurs and traders, saying their commitment had helped sustain the state through changing economic conditions.
He cited the state’s intellectual and cultural legacy, including figures such as Swami Vivekananda, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore.
Adani said businesses must invest before infrastructure shortages constrain growth.
He cited the group’s experience in developing data centres, acquiring Haifa Port in Israel and creating an integrated logistics network connecting 15 Indian ports with roads, railways, warehouses and industrial facilities.
He also pointed to the Mundra port and Khavda renewable energy park as examples of infrastructure ecosystems built through long-term planning.
Adani said he hoped Bengal would become his ‘second karmabhoomi’, while developing its own strengths and identity. He closed by invoking Tagore’s vision of a fearless, enlightened India and said, ‘Jai Hind’.
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