Overview
- At Singur, Mamata Banerjee inaugurated or laid foundations for 1,694 state projects valued at Rs 33,551 crore, including an eight-acre agro‑industrial park and a commissioned 77‑acre private industrial park.
- She said Amazon and Flipkart will set up large warehouses in Singur to create thousands of jobs, a claim positioned to counter BJP criticism of Bengal’s industrial climate.
- Banerjee announced an expansion of the Banglar Bari housing programme, stating 32 lakh houses would be built in two months and that first‑installment payments reached 20 lakh beneficiaries under a Rs 24,180 crore tranche.
- She advanced the Ghatal flood‑control plan, citing Rs 500 crore of work completed and another Rs 1,000 crore to follow, with upgrades to embankments, canals, pump houses, regulators and bridges by 2027.
- Warning of efforts to provoke unrest before the Assembly polls, she urged communal harmony, called migrant workers home with livelihood assurances, and accused the Centre and EC’s SIR process of voter deletions while vowing to fight in court.