China light & Power company has offered to join hands with the Haryana Government in setting up a Rs 500-crore renewable energy project at Jhajjar.
Apart from this, Global biggies including United Technologies, Carrier, Everstone logistics and CISCO have evinced keen interest in making investments in Haryana in logistics, development of smart cities and sustainable solutions and setting up a skill development centre.
These offers were made when Chief Minister Manohar lal, who is leading a nine-member delegation to project Haryana as a preferred investment destination, had one-to-one and back-to-back rounds with captains of industry and leading investors in Hong Kong and Singapore.
The delegation has reached Hong Kong from Singapore on Wednesday.
A senior level team from China light & Power comprising CEO Richard lancaster, chief financial officer, Geert Peters and managing director India, Rajiv Mishra, met the Chief Minister in Hong Kong on Wednesday and discussed a proposal for setting up a renewable energy project at Jhajjar with an investment of Rs 500 crore.
A team from United Technologies also met the Chief Minister and discussed proposal for developing smart city sustainability solutions relating to building security and controls. Carrier made a proposal to set up a skill development centre in Haryana jointly with the State Government for providing skill training to the youth.
Also, a high-level Carrier team has assured that work on expansion of their existing facility in Haryana would begin soon. Everstone logistics evinced keen interest in investing in developing logistics facilities in Haryana keeping in view the potential the state holds while CISCO has showed interest in associating themselves in the development of smart cities in Haryana.
later, the Chief Minister addressed captains of industry and leading investors at the Invest Haryana road show in Hong Kong. It was attended by more than 100 delegates from Hong Kong who belonged mostly to the banking and financial sector.
Manohar lal invited the investors to invest in Haryana and assured them all support of the State Government in terms of facilitation through appointment of dedicated relationship managers, ease of doing business and the business environment in the state.
The key sectors which offered vast investment scope includes skill development, healthcare, infrastructure, transport, smart cities, renewable energy among others, he added.
later, Sudhir Rajpal, Principal Secretary, Industries, made a presentation and shared details of the bankable projects with safe returns on investment. He also shared details of the projects like Global City, MRTS between Gurugram Manesar Bawal, logistics Hub, Aviation Hub, Global Economic Corridor along the KMP Expressway, Smart city Gurugram, Faridabad and Karnal.
Other members of the delegation, including Industries Minister, Vipul Goel and Managing Director, HSIIDC, Raja Sekhar Vundru, were also present during the one-to-one meetings and Invest Haryana roadshow.