West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said on Tuesday, "Nothing has happened in Haldia." The statement was made a day before Haldia Bulk Terminal (HBT), a private cargo handling company operating in two berths at the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), announced it was pulling out of the state. As reasons for its exit, HBT cited lack of security for its employees three of whom were kidnapped, a breakdown in the law and order situation at the port and Kolkata Port Trust's (KoPT) failure to honour an agreement arrived at on September 12 and instead toeing the line of vested interests.
