Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Department Secretary laxmi Narayan Gupta paid three day visit to Baleswar during which he interacted with members of industries’ associations, MSMEs and large industries and officers from other departments at the NOCCi Business Park here and resolved some problems relating to the MSMEs.
BCIC president Himansu Das, NOCCi secretary CP Bharatia and convenor Amit Behera raised some important common problems faced by the local MSMEs such as maintenance of industrial estates and post allotment services by the Idco, frequent and unscheduled interruption in power supply by the Nesco, land allotment to the rice mill cluster at Simulia block.
Gupta advised the NOCCi to prepare a detailed report on inter-departmental issues confronted by the MSMEs so that he can take up the matter with the Government.
The Baleswar ADM assured to resolve the land related problems on a priority basis.
The Chief Operating Officer, Nesco assured to provide uninterrupted quality power supply after necessary up-gradation of the sub-stations as soon as practicable. He also informed that steps were afoot to isolate the rural feeders from industrial feeders. The CGM, MSME, Idco assured to resolve both pre and post allotment issues on a time-bound manner.
Gupta visited the Baleswar, Ganeswarpur, Balgopalpur, Bampada and Somanthpur Industrial Estates on Sunday and Monday to find out infrastructural problems faced by the MSME units.