No change in Singur plan: Govt

Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, Sept. 8: Twenty-four hours after the accord on the Singur small-car project between the state government and the Trinamul Congress-led Opposition, a letter from the Tata Motors managing director to the state industries minister expressing

Bs Reporter / Kolkata September 9, 2008, 0:04 IST

Car-maker seeks clarity on vendor park, continues work suspension.

A day after an agreement was struck between the West Bengal government and the agitators led by the Trinamool Congress to break the deadlock over compensating unwilling land-losers at Singur, Tata Motors, which had suspended work at its Nano factory last week, said it was "distressed" at the "limited clarity" on the outcome of the discussions.

MUMBAI: Tata Motors said Monday that it would not start work at the site for the factory to build the low-cost Nano car model, where work was suspended last week, until it was confident of smooth operations and the continued viability of the project.

PANJIM, SEPT 8

Nellore, Sept. 8: Poor and downtrodden people living in Nelatoor, Krishnapatnam, Sembunithopu, Nakkalamitta and Ayyavarikandriga in Muthhukur mandal are struggling for survival after 4,500 acre land in the area was handed over to Reliance Power and AP Genco for setting up thermal power plants.

While alternative arrangements are being made to shift people from small habitations like Nakkalamitta, Ayyavarikandriga and Sembunithopu in the wake of acquisition of villages apart from lands, there is no word from authorities with regard to major villages like Nelatoor and Krishnapatnam.

Indian companies are paying the price of the government

On any other day, the swanky Durgapur Express Highway is a picture of calm efficiency, with trucks rumbling down this four-lane expressway which connects West Bengal with India's main arteries. It's rare, say the locals, to see a car on the 4.5-km-long stretch that outlines Tata Motors' Nano facility, nestled amidst lush, green fields at Singur, some 40-45 km off Calcutta.

BY KAUSHIK PRADHAN
KOLKATA

After some last minute hiccups which could have derailed the whole peace process initiated by West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the Singur stalemate was finally resolved late on Sunday evening.

Panel Of 4 To Report In A Week, Mamata Flip-Flop Delays Truce
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Kolkata: Hope flickered, seemed to have been extinguished and then resurfaced

The Singur accord scripted almost single-handedly by the Trinamul Congress chief, Miss Mamata Banerjee, in the presence of Governor Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi, whose sagacity and benign presence alone made the impossible possible, is as momentous a politico-economic development as land reforms spearheaded by the Left Front during its 30-year regime.