Industry seeks Rs 250 cr for amenities at BBN

Tribune News Service

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Solan, February 10

The Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industries Association (BBNIA) has demanded a one-time mega grant of Rs 250-crore for the BBN Development Authority to provide civic amenities after conducting an infrastructure development study of the area.

In a memorandum submitted to the government, the association has demanded the implementation of the masterplan to make the area livable and creation of social infrastructure.

“There should be alternative routes to approach the BBN to make roads congestion-free. Apart from this, the water bodies should be made free of effluents,” said association president Sanjay Khurana.

He said the government must ensure that the incentives announced for the power sector were actually available as slew of contradictions among various arms of the government make it difficult to avail these.

“The association demanded the abolition of entry tax, additional goods tax, certain goods carried by road tax and toll tax which were not subsumed into the GST,” added another member.

Formulating a logistics policy for cost-effective and efficient transportation and providing a platform for logistics service providers, who are not part of any union or society, have also been raised as a key demand.

Creation of an MC for the BBN, SDM office at Baddi as well as extending one year for construction in a plot be notified in view of the Covid pandemic.

The government should do away with the clause of prior to commencement of commercial production for various industrial procedures rather introduce self-certification to facilitate the industry. This measure should be introduced to ensure compliance of various rules and Acts for 3 years with a further undertaking of imposition of heavy penalties in case it found to be flouting the norm.

Investors also demanded a state-level GST tribunal for appeal of any dispute at the zonal level, which is mandatory as per the GST Act. The state has just one appellate authority that too with additional charge.