Burnpur is mourning the death of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Old-timers recalled how he came as a saviour to save the second oldest steel plant of the country from closure and had scripted history for West Bengal with an investment of Rs 18,032, which still holds the record of the highest ever single central government investment in the state.
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