Calcutta, Jan. 20 :    Calcutta, Jan. 20:  The much-awaited Calcutta Leather Complex became operational today with Jagmohan Dalmiya, former ICC chief, informally handing over land papers to 39 allottees for relocation of tanneries as also setting up of new ones. However, the Rs 300-crore complex, set up to meet the Supreme Court's deadline for shifting 586 tanneries in Tangra, Topsia and Tiljala areas, is only partially operational, with certain basic facilities including a central effluent treatment plant (CETP) yet to be set up. 'We are happy that we have been able to meet the first deadline stipulated by the Supreme Court,' Dalmiya, the chairman of the implementing company, M L Dalmiya and Co Ltd, said. He, however, admitted the CETP would take at least two more years to become fully operational despite the fact that the Supreme Court had ordered relocation of tanneries on the outskirts of the city with proper pollution control devices. Apart from the absence of several facilities at the complex, the allottees and other prospective entrepreneurs were still groping in the dark about their legal status and charges for common facilities. In fact, a number of allottees handed over protest letters to Dalmiya as the draft of the deed was ambiguous on whether they would get perpetual rights over the lease. Nevertheless, similar allotment functions have already been lined up for the next six months. The West Bengal government had offered M. L. Dalmiya & Co a build-own-transfer (BOT) contract for developing a 1100 acre land 15 km off the Eastern Bypass at Karaidanga, South 24 Parganas. Zone 1 will see the relocation of 34 existing units at Tangra, while 19 entrepreneurs have bought land to set up new tanneries. Under a cross-subsidisation policy, land to the relocating units is being sold at Rs 600 per square metre while new entrepreneurs are being charged Rs 1700.