Kolkata Leather Complex Explained

Kolkata Leather Complex
Nickname:Bantala
Settlement Type:Planned Industrial Complex
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:South 24 Parganas[1]
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:4.5
Population Total:238 Tanneries
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:743 502

The Kolkata Leather Complex is an industrial complex at Karaidanga, Bantala near East Kolkata, India.[2] It is located 20 km from the central business district of Kolkata and has an area of about 4.5 square kilometres.

The complex

The complex is intended to serve as a central leather-tanning business for Kolkata.[3] Bantala has approximately 500 tanneries[4] and the Kolkata one performs 22-25% of all the tanning in India.[5] The state of West Bengal is responsible for about 55% of India's leather exports. As of 2009, about 200 tanneries were relocated to the Kolkata Leather Complex.[6]

The project includes a police station and a fire station; in 2017 the police station was brought under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata police.[7] The facility also houses the Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology, which is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Kolkata.[8] A 130acres portion was designated as an IT park.[9]

Pumping stations carry the effluent from the tanneries to a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP). Problems in completing the common effluent treatment plant have caused serious difficulties, with toxic waste polluting the construction activities of some companies.[10]

The complex was conceived in the early 1990s as "an integrated complex housing all activities relating to the leather industry in a modern and environment-friendly manner". The need for the project became evident when the Supreme Court of India ordered that all tanning activities in Kolkata be moved outside the city limits.

As of 2013, the complex was still not fully operational, and many illegal tanneries continued to operate outside the complex.[11]

In February 2023, a data came out about new and existing investments in this industrial complex. Kolkata Leather Complex to get 10000 crore new investment which currently has an investment worth of 30000 crore. The proposed expansion would make it South Asia's Largest Integrated Leather Complex.

Notes and References

  1. News: Kolkata Leather Complex. 2 July 2019. 19 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240619135602/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/. live.
  2. Web site: About – Calcutta Leather Complex Tanners Association. 2020-09-10. en-US. 17 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717125037/http://calcuttaleathercomplex.in/new_website/about/. live.
  3. Web site: CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute. 2020-09-10. www.clri.org. 25 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925090549/http://clri.org/DepartmentDetails.aspx?DP=339. live.
  4. News: Acharya. Namrata. 2019-07-18. Bengal allots 70 acres to 187 new tanneries in Calcutta Leather Complex. Business Standard India. 2020-09-10. 26 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201026104855/https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/bengal-allots-70-acres-of-land-to-187-new-tanneries-in-bantala-leather-hub-119071800775_1.html. live.
  5. Web site: 2017-02-21. Our Lust for Leather Comes at a High Price in the Developing World. 2020-09-10. Undark Magazine. en-US. 30 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930004056/https://undark.org/2017/02/21/leather-tanning-bangladesh-india/. live.
  6. Web site: Industry Specific Review: Leather Industry. 2009–2010. West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation. 20 January 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230449/http://www.wbidc.com/images/pdf/annual_report/annual_report-09-10/Leather-Industry.pdf. live.
  7. News: Leather complex to come under Kolkata police. 5 March 2017. The Indian Express. 26 September 2017. 27 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170927052856/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/leather-complex-police-station-to-come-under-kolkata-police-4554924/. live.
  8. Web site: Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology, Kolkata. engineering.careers360.com. 26 September 2017. 27 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170927054318/https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/government-college-of-engineering-and-leather-technology-kolkata. live.
  9. Web site: Status Report on Calcutta Leather Complex for incorporation in the portal 'Banglar Mukh'. Government of West Bengal. 20 January 2015. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130322224916/http://www.banglarmukh.com/BanglarMukh/Download%3FAlfrescoPath%3DDocuments/WhatsNew%26FileName%3DStatus_CLC.pdf . 2013-03-22.
  10. News: Madhupama. Das. Leather complex turns threat to environment. 6 October 2014. The Indian Express. 3 Oct 2008. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305112315/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/leather-complex-turns-threat-to-environment/368926/. live.
  11. Roy. Utpah Singha. et al.. 7 March 2013. Changes in physicochemical characteristics of wastewater carrying canals after relocation of Calcutta tannery agglomerates within the East Calcutta Wetland ecosystem (a Ramsar site). International Journal of Environmental Studies. 70. 2. 203–221. 10.1080/00207233.2013.774810.

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