Hooghly cold storage cluster (West Bengal)

Introduction

The district of Hooghly, West Bengal, has about 1000 registered industries, of which about 50 are large-scale units and over 950 are MSMEs. Most of the industrial units are located near the key state/national highways like Grand Trunk Road, Delhi Road and Durgapur Expressway in sub-urban towns like Konnagar, Nanagram, Serampore, Dankuni, Baidyabati, Bhadreswar, Chandannagar and Sankarbati. The industries represent sub-sectors like foundry, rolling mills, chemicals, plastic products, food products, and others. The foundry products are mainly used in engineering units, railway, and automobile sectors; rolling units produce both ‘long’ and ‘flat’ products (tubes, pipes, coils, etc.); the engineering units manufacture tractor/auto parts, agricultural machinery, industrial machinery, and jewellery; and the chemical units manufacture a wide range of products like rubber, resin, FRP, antioxidant, etc.

Products manufactured

Potatoes and other agricultural produce preserved under low-temperature

Number of MSMEs

150

Main fuels

Electricity; diesel

Total energy consumption (toe)

10,073 toe (electricity—9633 toe; diesel—440 toe)

Leading industry association(s)

• West Bengal Cold Storage Association (WBCSA)

Cluster Profile

http://sameeeksha.org/pdf/Hooghly Cold Storage Cluster Profile.pdf

Other Resources

• MSME – Development and Facilitation Office (MSME - DFO), Kolkata http://www.sisikolkata.gov.in/
• Department of MSME & Textiles, Government of West Bengal https://wbmsmet.gov.in/

Source: Data pertains to 2022–23, collected by TERI as part of the project titled ‘Promoting Green Energy Efficient Technologies and Practices among MSMEs in West Bengal’