Khulna Newsprint Mill's land goes to BSCIC for industrial park
Hopes to resume mill disappear: Workers
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
Khulna Newsprint Mill's 13 acres of land were handed over to Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) yesterday to set up an industrial park. Following the handover of the 13 acres land out of 103 acres all hopes to resume the closed mill have disappeared permanently, officials and workers said. The lone state-owned newsprint mill that sourced raw materials from the Sundarbans was closed in November 30, 2002 due to shortage of raw material and growing losses. The mill started operation in 1957-58 on the bank of the Bhairab. Agreement documents were signed by Managing Director of Khulna Newsprint Mill Muhamamd Shamsul Huq and Regional Director of BSCIC Khawja Nazimuddin. Senior officials of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) and BSCIC were also present. Workers and employees were demanding the resumption of the mill for a long time. The industries ministry on October 26, 2005 decided to setup an industrial park in the idle land of the mill. Meanwhile, workers and employees staged a sit-in in mill area yesterday protesting the government decision.
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