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It's over! Tata begins pullout from Singur | Singur's tale
Published on Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:13, Updated on Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 18:41 in India section
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New Delhi: Tata Motors Ltd is scripting the last chapter of its long-running battle in West Bengal. The company has begun its pullout from the Nano plant in Singur.
The official announcement on the pullout is expected within the week.
West Bengal government sources told CNN-IBN that Tata Motors have given up on the project.
According to sources, Tata started moving equipment and plant parts from the site to an undisclosed location 10 days ago. Vendors to the Singur plant have also moved their equipment.
Sources say that both the state government as well as Tata Motors feel that the project cannot take off in Singur, given the strong opposition from Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.
The pullout is expected to take some time, but sources say that around 1,000 cars will roll out from the Tata Motors Pantnagar plant in Uttarakhand by mid-October.
Meanwhile, Karnataka, Maharasthra and Haryana are now the frontrunners to anchor the mother plant.
Reacting to Tata’s reported pullout, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said, “If this happens then this is going to be a huge loss for the West Bengal government in terms of employment opportunities.”
On Tuesday, two security guards – SN Sarkar and Ajit Kumar – were attacked inside the Nano plant in Singur, inspite of police presence.
A mob attacked these guards with iron rods and sickles. While Ajit suffered severe internal injuries in his head, Sarkar's wounds were patched up at the local healthcare centre.
There has been no work at the troubled plant – planned to build the world's cheapest car – since local farmers backed by the Opposition Trinamool Congress laid siege to it on August 24.
Bengal govt: Not in the driver’s seat
The West Bengal government last week had ruled out any further sops on the Tata Motors issue, and said the stalemate could be resolved only if the Opposition accepted the latest compensation package it has announced.
"A solution can be found only if the opposition accepts the package made public on Sep 14 and based on the dialogue between the government and the Opposition in the presence of the Governor (Gopalkrishna Gandhi)," Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had said in a short statement.
After a long meeting with Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi at the Raj Bhavan last week, Mamata told reporters that her party wanted a solution “in the interest of the people and the state" and asked the government to implement the September 7 agreement reached between her and Bhattacharjee for a land-for-land solution.
Mamata, who had earlier threatened to go on the warpath from any day after September 19, said after meeting the Governor that if necessary her party was prepared for more talks with the government.
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It's very sad that TATA is moving out the plant. I think in near future no enterprenuer will invest in
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I ask what did Mamta gain out of this ?? Could she ever be able to improve the lives of
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No still they are not fully pullout. Ofcoz they are now slowly moving from Singur Plant. It will take sometime
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If you stay in a posh falt in south Mumbai or in some posh area in Delhi, you must visit
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Mamata herself has driven the last nail into the coffin of her political career with Tata's pull out. See it
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