kolkata the bengal global business summit concluded on thursday with two big foreign direct investment proposals together worth rs 5000 crore in manufacturing the sector that is desperately looking for a turnaround besides there was an fdi proposal from temasek as well the investment arm of the singapore government will invest in the healthcare sector on thursday a total of rs 149 lakh crore investment proposals excluding temasek were signed in the fields of real estate education hospitality healthcare it training power finance and other sectors the biggest fdi was signed between howrah municipal corporation hmc and german firm sowareen solution ag for generating power from solid waste sowareen gm j czilinsky told toi that it will offer technical knowhow and investment for the project we have the technology to produce power even without waste segregation he said hmc mayor rathin chakraborty said the investment in the project would be around rs 3700 crore they will start a feasibility study on this project soon we have offered 40 acres for the project chakraborty added the second fdi in manufacturing is coming through an mou between bengal aerotropolis projects ltd bapl and scomi of malaysia according to bapl managing director partho ghosh scomi has agreed to be the anchor investor for a mass rapid transit system mrts hub in the sujalam industrial township it will invest over rs 1200 crore in the next five years for developing the hub there will be lot more investment from its ancillary units as well he added scomi the monorail operator in sao paulo kuala lumpur and mumbai had earlier evinced interest to make west bengal its manufacturing hub for the mass rapid transport system mrts in south asia the malaysian multinational has interest in oil and gas and transportation business and is operating monorail in kuala lumpur along with four other cities for last 10 years state urban development minister firhad hakim said that 10 township projects which will attract an investment of over rs 72500 crore were signed on thursday the projects were proposed by forum group dhoot group ambuja neotia salarpuria mayfair ps sherwood amtek and merlin it would generate employment for 174 lakh youths we have already cleared 14y for all these projects he added section 14y of the west bengal land and land reforms act 1955 grants exemption on land ceiling to a certain categories of industry which can directly acquire up to 24 acres from owners hakim also added that the state government has appointed us consultant acom for kolkatasiliguri industrial corridor surbana the urban planning body of singapore has been appointed to prepare the detailed feasibility report of kolkataraghunathpur industrial corridor the work for all these projects has to start in six months hakim said harsh neotia who heads the hospitality and entertainment committee added that rs 1850 crore worth of proposals were signed in this field on thursday according to harsh lodha who is chairng the health and education subcommittee apollo m p