Railway Budget: Gifts galore for Bengal
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Chennai: The Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday gave lots of sops to West Bengal amidst protests from Opposition MPs that she was ignoring other parts of the country.
New coach factories would be built in Kharagpur and Kanchrapara in West Bengal.
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A coach repair centre would be built at New Jalpaiguri.
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A cold storage would also be built in the state's Budget as part of the Kisan Vision programme.
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With a clear reference to the Singur incident, Mamata said the railways would not forcibly acquire land. She assured jobs in the railways for one member of each family who give their land to the railways.
Didi also proposed the setting up of a Rabindra Museum in Howrah and a Gitanjali Museum in Bolpur.
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