Haldia Industrial Belt or Haldia Industrial Zone
is an industrial area established in
Eastern Midnapore district,
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
, India. This industrial area is housed in the center of
Haldia port
The Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) also popularly known as Haldia Port is a docking facility on the Hooghly River in Haldia, West Bengal, India. It is one of the two dock systems under the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, with the other being ...
. The main industrial center of this industrial city is Petrochemicals. Industrial area is developed with more than 350 km
2 area of
Haldia sub-division.
Location
Haldia Industrial Zone is formed by river on three sides. The
Rupnarayan river
The Rupnarayan is a river in the state of West Bengal, India. It begins as the Dhaleswari (Dhalkisor) in the Chota Nagpur Plateau, Chhota Nagpur plateau foothills northeast of the town of Purulia. It then follows a tortuous southeasterly course ...
and
Hooghly river
The Hooghly River (, also spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') is the westernmost distributary of the Ganges, situated in West Bengal, India. It is known in its upper reaches as the Bhagirathi. The Bhagirathi splits off from the main branch of the G ...
in the north, the Hooghly river on the east and the
Haldi river
The Haldi is a tributary of Hooghly River flowing through Purba Medinipur district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The Keleghai joins the Kansai at Tangrakhali under Nandakumar Police Station in Tamluk subdivision. The combined stream is ...
on the south. The industrial area is 40 km away from the
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region.
Many South Asian and Southe ...
by
Hooghly river
The Hooghly River (, also spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') is the westernmost distributary of the Ganges, situated in West Bengal, India. It is known in its upper reaches as the Bhagirathi. The Bhagirathi splits off from the main branch of the G ...
. The industrial area is 10 meters high from the sea level.
See also
*
Hooghly Industrial Belt
References
Haldia
Economy of West Bengal
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