Kolkata, Aug 23 - A fresh political confrontation is brewing in West Bengal with a union minister, owing allegiance to Trinamool Congress, Sunday declaring that an eco-tourism project will be implemented across Nayachar island where the state government has planned to set up a chemical hub.

'The present Left Front government in the state has lost the people's confidence. People don't care about what this government says. It is on oxygen. So what this government says about Nayachar is unimportant,' union Minister of State for Rural Devleopment Sisir Adhikari told IANS.

Nayachar island is a part of East Midnapore district and close to Haldia town, about 128 km from here.

The state government has announced Nayachar as the venue for the petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical investment region (PCPIR) that was originally scheduled to be set up in Nandigram of the same district.

Nandigram was aborted as the project site following much bloodletting over protests by Trinamool-led farmers against acquisition of their land for the chemical hub.

Only a couple of days back, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee held a high level meeting at the state secretariat to discuss matters pertaining to implementation of the project.