patna the trade and industry bodies on monday welcomed cm nitish kumars invitation to industrialists to set up their units in the state keeping in mind availability of skilled workers herethe invitation is praiseworthy the need of the hour is proper implementation of the proposal former bihar industries association bia president k p s keshri said the cm had on sunday promised all necessary assistance to the industrialists willing to set up their units in the stateencouraged by the return of lakhs of skilled migrant workers to the state due to the lockdown the cm had said there was a tremendous scope for setting up industries related to fabrics tussar silk shoes leather bag furniture and cycle in bihar around 12 lakh migrant workers have so far returned to the state from different parts of the countryamong the returnee migrant workers there are tailors carpenters construction workers and those engaged in textile and fabrics industries earlier the state government had also made an appeal to the industry circles to employ these migrants in the already functioning units in the statethe industry circles said the officials concerned should start the work on cms proposal in right earnest authority should be delegated to the concerned to take up followup actions immediately as the opening of new units would take three to six months said narendra kumar national vicepresident of confederation of real estate developers associationshe added there should be commitment to clear the hurdles to facilitate opening of new units especially with regard to land and registrationindustry department sources said the idea mooted by the cm on sunday to open newage industries was nothing new as the then principal secretary of the department s siddharth had called for it some years agothe industry circles felt that if the government did not immediately act on the proposals of the cm the skilled migrant workers would start returning to their previous workplaces once the covid19 threat subsides