West Bengal scraps Infosys, Wipro projects (Lead)
September 7th, 2009 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) The projects proposed by Infosys Technologies and Wipro in a township just outside the state capital has been scrapped, the West Bengal government informed the two IT majors Monday.
The projects were to come up in the proposed IT township at Rajarhat near Salt Lake but had become controversial in recent weeks following allegations that land sharks had been involved in acquisition of plots there.
The announcement Monday came barely a month after state IT MInister Debesh Das declared that the government had already acquired land for the Infosys and Wipro in the proposed township.
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