Newly appointed Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce president Vijay Anand Moonka promises to accelerate industrial growth in Kolhan

Jamshedpur: Vijay Anand Moonka has taken over as the new president of Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SCCI), the apex body of traders in Kolhan.  At the 71st Annual General Meeting held at Chamber Bhawan, Bistupur on Monday afternoon, the new executive committee took over.

On the occasion, the outgoing chamber president Ashok Bhalotia, general secretary Bharat Vasani and vice-presidents of all the four wings of Trade and Commerce informed all the members about the work done during their tenure of two years.

Following this, the election committee announced the new executive committee of the chamber, in which all 11 office bearers and 30 executive members have been elected unopposed.

The new executive will be effective from 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2023. In the new executive committee of Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vijay Anand Moonka has been made president, Manav Kedia as general secretary and Kishor Golcha as treasurer. Apart from this, Mukesh Mittal, Nitesh Dhoot, Mahesh Sonthalia, Kishore Golcha and Anil Modi are included in the post of vice-president, while Bharat Makani, Piyush Chaudhary, Sanwarmal Sharma have been appointed the secretary.

Addressing the gathering, Vijay Anand Moonka said that the development of trade and industry in Kolhan would be his first priority. He said that every year crores of rupees are being diverted from Jharkhand to other states in the field of education and medicine. The Chamber will raise the demand that its proper arrangement should be made in Jharkhand itself so that the young talented do not have to migrate to other states for higher studies.

“It is also a matter of concern that there is no DVC power supply in Kolhan, due to which expensive electricity increases the cost of production. Many entrepreneurs are forced to migrate their business to other districts. The new team will try to get DVC’s electricity to the industries of Kolhan as well.

At the same time, he said that tourism can become a big industry here, within 50 km radius of Kolhan, there are many such tourism spots which can take the form of industry, their initiative will be to implement the suggestions given earlier through the government.