: The state government might be willing to hand over land at Singur to the railway ministry for setting up a coach factory there and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee might still be adamant with her demand of giving back 400 acres of land to unwilling farmers, but both the sides have forgotten to take into account the sentiments of the farmers.
Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee at Singur on Sunday.
KOLKATA: Reiterating the demand for the return of 400 acres of land to farmers at Singur, Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday repeated her willingness to set up a railway coach factory on the remaining 600 acres in a
If BHEL selects the land, we will begin the process to get it released.
I don't think there will be any problem to get back the land from Tata Motors."
The chief secretary, Mr AM Chakrabarti today indicated that the land at Singur, currently under the possession of Tata Motors would not pose any problems for potential investors. According to chief secretary, the land was acquired and leased out to Tata Motors for a
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Monday said no compensation bill has been received for returning the 1,100 acres that was leased out to Tata Motors in Singur for setting up the mother plant for the Nano project. It also said land taken for a specific purpose by a lessee could not be blocked if the assigned project does not fructify.
For the CPI-M led state government, industrialisation evidently comes ahead of all other issues, even at the expense of development in tribal dominated areas.
A panel that includes a Trinamul leader who had spearheaded the anti-land acquisition movement in Nandigram today passed a resolution for the takeover of 4,000 acres in Haldia.
