Haldia Mela-2016 : Showcasing Industries in Haldia & its Culture

Haldia Mela-2016 or Haldia Fair-2016 is a joint initiative of Haldia Development Authority (HDA) and Haldia Municipality which was celebrated with great pomp and show from 16th January 2016 to 24th January 2016 at Satish Samanta Trade Centre, Sanhati Maidan, Ranichak,Haldia in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal.

The following are the events which was seen during the Haldia Mela-2016:

1. Trade Fair where different types of industries in and within the vicinity of Haldia town participate and display their products and services.
2. Seminar
3. Agriculture and Flower Exhibition
4. Bird Fair
5. Book Fair
6. Children Fair
7. Magic Show
8. Puppet Show
9. Light Music & Cultural Program and  invitation to cinema celebrities
10. Other Variety Programmes

Dignitaries present during the Inaugural Function of Haldia Mela-2016:

1. Shri Biman Banerjee, Speaker, Vidhan Sabha, West Bengal
2. Shri Arun Rai, Ministry of Agriculture, West Bengal
3. Shri Suvendu Adhikari, Member of Parliament (Tamluk Constituency) and Chairman of Haldia Development Authority (HDA)
4. Shri Basudeb Banerjee, I.A.S., Mukhya Sachiv, Govt. of West Bengal
5. Shri Debasish Sen, I.A.S. Principal Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal
6. Shri Manish Jain, I.A.S., Deputy Chairman, Haldia Dock Complex
7. Smt. Antara Acharya, I.A.S., District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur,West Bengal
8. Smt. Madhurima Mondal, Sabhadipati, Purba Medinipur Zila Parishad
9. Smt. Seuli Saha, M.L.A., Haldia
10. Smt. Firoza Bibi, Vice-Chairman, Haldia Development Authority and M.L.A., Nandigram 
11. Shri Alok Rajoria, I.P.S., Superintendent of Police, Purba Medinipur Dsitrict,West Bengal
12. Shri Arun Prakash Gangopadhyaya, Executive Director, Haldia Refinery, Indian Oil Corporation,Haldia
13. Shri Ravi Choudhury, Managing Director, Dhariwal Infrastructure Limited and Haldia Energy Limited
14. Shri Ujjwal Kumar Sengupta, I.A.S., Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Haldia Development Authority
15. Shri Debprasad Mondal, Chairman of Haldia Municipality, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
16. Shri Gopal Chandra Das, Vice-Chairman, Haldia Municipality,Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
17. Shri Jagatbandhu Das,Haldia Municipality

Photographs taken during Haldia Mela-2016 :

Main Gate of Haldia Mela-2016

Shops and Restaurants at Haldia Mela-2016

Children Amusement Park at Haldia Mela-2016

About Haldia & Glimpse of Haldi River

About Haldia

Haldia, founded in 1959 is a city and a municipality in the district of Purba Medinipur in the Indian state of West Bengal; located approximately 96 km south of Kolkata, at 22.030 N 88.060 E and at the confluence of the Hooghly (one of the distributaries of the Ganges) and the Haldi river in Purba Medinipur District of West Bengal 

Haldia is in the process of being transformed into the most coveted industrial destination in eastern India, and also the “gateway to south-east Asia.” In order to achieve and sustain this position, Haldia Development Authority (HDA), the nodal development agency of the region has been working towards development to world-class infrastructure facilities.

Haldia has around 400 industrial units, giving employment to around 12000 persons. Some of the industries which are contributing to socio-economic development of Haldia region are as mentioned below:

1. Haldia Petrochemical Limited (HPL)
2. Indian Oil Corporation Limited
3. Mitsubishi Chemicals Company (MCC) PTA India Corpn. Pvt. Ltd
4. Exide Industries Limited
5. Ruchi Soya Industries Limited
6. Adani Wilmar Limited
7. Shree Renuka Sugars Limited
8. Gokul Refoils & Solvent Limited
9. Emami Agrotech Limited
10. Dhunseri Tea & Petrochem Limited
11. Hindustan Unilever Limited
12. Haldia Energy Limited
13. Indian Power Corporation Limited
14. Tata Chemicals Limited

15. Electrosteel Castings Ltd.

Haldia is also a base of Indian Coast Guard. There are around six hovercraft's belonging to the Indian Coast Guard to safeguard and protect the Eastern Indian coastal regions.

With regard to school facilities at Haldia Township, with English language as medium of teaching , there are around   06 numbers of schools which has taken the responsibility of providing quality education to children. They are:

1. St. Xavier's High School

2. C.P.T. Primary School

3. Vivekananda Mission School

4.  Assembly of God Church School

5. Kendriya Vidyalaya

6. Bharti Vidya Bhavan School

My Travel Diary of Haldia Township

Photographs taken at Haldi River, Haldia Township