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Tatas not to resume work in Singur

Mon-Sep 08, 2008

Kolkata / NewsX Bureau

Tata Motors has raised concerns over the viability of the Nano project at Singur, in what could be termed as the first blow to the state brokered broad agreement on Singur crisis Sunday night.

The company, in an official release Monday, has said that it is "is distressed at the limited clarity on the outcome of the discussions between the State Government of West Bengal and the representatives of the agitators in Singur. In view of the same, Tata Motors is obliged to continue the suspension of construction and commissioning work at the Nano Plant."

We will review our stated position only if we are satisfied that the viability of the project is not being impinged, the integral nature of the mother plant and our ancillary units are being maintained and all stakeholders are committed to develop a long term congenial environment for smooth operations of the plant in Singur, the company added.

Meanwhile, no employee of Tata Motors or its contractors entered the factory in Singur on Monday morning despite the success of the talks mediated by West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, and an overwhelming support from affected farmers.

"I do not have any comments," a spokesperson for Tata Motors said after the West Bengal government and the Trinamool Congress, that was spearheading the agitation, reached a far-reaching pact late Sunday evening to resolve the 28-month dispute.

The agitation since August 24 had led Tata Motors to suspend work at the factory to produce the world's cheapest car, priced at Rs 100,000/$2,500, which had caught global attention.

The agreement, reached after talks between West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, calls for a committee to look into the demands of affected farmers.

A section of the farmers - who owned some 400 acres out of 997.11 acres acquired for the project, and ancillary units - wanted the same to be returned, saying it was forcibly acquired.

The committee will have to give its report in seven days.

Till then, while work at Tata Motors factory can resume, the construction of the ancillary units around it will be on hold, said the state governor, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

"This is a great victory for all those who have been agitating for close to two-and-a-half years. As the government has decided to provide land to the unwilling farmers, it is a big outcome of the dialogue," Banerjee said. (With Agency Inputs)
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