According to some reports, the head of the Cabinet of Indian State of Gujarat Anandiben Patel (Anandiben Patel) has granted a request for almost 200,000 square meters. m of public land in the vicinity of the airport for the construction of the Surat Diamond Bourse (Surat Diamond Bourse), writes the publication TOI.
During her first visit to Surat last week, Patel held talks with members of the committee organized by the Surat Diamond Exchange. "After a thirty-minute presentation of the project, she expressed her consent to provide government land, and instructed the authorized district inspector to complete all necessary procedures for land clearance as soon as possible," said Chandrakant Sanghavi, chairman of the GJEPC regional office in Gujarat.
According to the report, SDB will be larger than the Bharat Diamond Bourse in Mumbai, and it is expected that it will provide between 20,000 and 30,000 jobs. The opening of the exchange will allow Surat to become the center of diamond trade and ensure a trade turnover of about 1.5 trillion rupees. The offices of the large diamond companies will be located in the premises of the SDB, and the sorting of rough diamonds will be carried out in Mumbai. It is reported that about 15,000 diamond traders, manufacturers and diamond traders expressed their desire to open outlets in the SDB.