(University of North Bengal, 2018-03) Das, Abhinandan
In West Bengal an example of post-1947 industrialization is Haldia industrial zone that
flourished in the verge of liberalisation and privatisation and this region was anticipated
as one of the important centres of industrial resurgence in West Bengal. However, it was
first developed as a river-port in late 1960s to reduce the burden of century old Calcutta
port. This article is an attempt to investigate the genesis of Haldia port complex. It
examines whether this port based urban industrial space was developed aiming at
national requirement or to supplement the foreign interest and how far it changed the
livelihood of local population.
