BRAHMANBAR1A. Feb 1 Due to lack of administrative care and securities the interested entrepreneurs seemed not to show any interest tn establishing industries at Brah manbaria. Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporations. BSCIC industrial estate.

Sources have said that in order to provide employment - to young men the authorities purchased 21.98 acres of land at the cost of Taka 42 lakh for establishing the industrial estate at Nandanpur. some seven kilometres north of the district town. Of the total expenditure for the industrial estate, especially earth filling work has been completed at the expenditure of Taka 86 lakh, over head water tank was completed at the cost of Taka 97 lakh, a deep tubewell was installed at the expenditure of Taka nine lakh. The electrification. water supplying, gas supplying and internal brick soling road construction works were also done at the cost of heavy amount of money. But latter the authorities did not complete the rest of works alongwlth boundary wall construction and telephone Une connection for unknown causes.

Sources also say that the authorities made 124 plots in the BSCIC industrial estate. Of them eleven plots were allot-

ted tor DRI-workshops and the rest 113 plots were allotted for industrial units.

At present, the authority plans to allot 88 plots including two plots for mechanical, one for forestry, six for chemical industry and one for foo4 products unit. Sources have also said, plots applicants have to pay Taka eight lakh as down payment for an acre of land, or if any plot holder wants to take' time he or she has to pay Taka eight lakh alongwlth six. per cent interest for 20 years according lo instalment rules.

For such rule and order the enfrepreneurs are hot taking any initiative to establish industry here. Meanwhile, the authority has nut finished the rest of the works inside Industrial estate. The important work like telephone communication. internal road carpeting are lying incomplete stage due to shortage of fund. In the meantime only five plot holders having establish factories are producing and marketing theft products whHe the other plot holders are not taking any initiative to establish any industry.' Though some of the plot holders laid foundation stone 5 to 7 years back they are not taking any step to build more till reporting as they are facing various difficulties. As a result, the plots are lying empty and have turn into graz-

ing fields. Il is alleged that the, authority did not build the boundary wall around the In dustrial estate. As a result the security of this area Is being hampered.

For collecting the Informa, tion of present rate of raw materials and products from other areas or countries, the holders 4° not get any telephone set in case of any emergency. The holders are forced to use public call office. 7 kilometres from here, for emergency telephone communication. In order to get a good facility by telecommunication for their production the authority did not arrange for telelink with other districts or country.

The brick soling road are yet to be completed. On the other hand, the lank of industrial estate which was dug inside the estate at the beginning was not used for pisciculture neither leased to any party. Sources have said. If 124 plots of Industrial estate were run to prpduce six thousand unemployed youngmen it would get a good opportunity for providing themselves in the Job. The people have urged the authority to apply easy process and take proper step for dissolving the all kind of difficulties of the BSCIC industrial estate of Brahmanbarla district soon.