The West Bengal government plans to build an animation park in Kalkotta, ANIMATION EXPRESS reports. The park, which will contain animation studios and IT companies, will be under the Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
"Animation park is the initiative by the Bengal government keeping in mind the growing Indian animation, VFX and gaming industry," said Dr Debesh Das, Minister in-charge Department of IT (Government of West Bengal). "After the success of the Webel Academy, we also want to focus on the industry. With this space in Bengal we want to bring studios of all sizes in this state.
"The land for the park will be provided by the government at a cheaper rate. We want the studios to look at Bengal as the next stop to start a facility or expand their studios. The land for the big- and medium-sized studios will be leased and, for the smaller studios, we will keep the option of taking the land or provide them with a built-up studio with complete infrastructure. The rent for the complete facility will be very nominal."
Work on the park is to begin once the land is allotted in early 2008.
