India, Nov. 25 -- The West Bengal cabinet on Monday cleared several upcoming projects, including a Mahakal (Shiva) temple in Darjeeling's Siliguri, minister of state for finance (independent charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya said.

"A land measuring 25.15 acres in the Matigara area was earlier given on lease to Laxmi Township and Holdings Ltd. This will be handed to the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority. Of this land, 17.4 acres, which lie unutilised, will be given to the state tourism department through inter-departmental transfer," Bhattacharya said.

"A grand Mahakal temple and a state-of-the-art cultural centre will come up on this land. In addition, a convention centre will come up beside Asian Highway-2 on a 10-acre land in the...