KOLKATA: Tata Motors on Friday decided to exit Singur in West Bengal. The decision came after Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata met West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in the state secretariat.
Ratan Tata was accompanied at the talks by Tata Motors' managing director Ravi Kant.
The Tatas are exploring other options for the site. Tata officials have reportedly already met Chief MInisters of the states of Karnataka and Gujarat for the Nano plant. It is expected that they will zero in on an alternate site by next week. The Trinamool Congress blamed the West bengal chief minsiter for the pullout of the Tatas from West bengal.
Work at the Singur project to roll out the world's cheapest car has been stalled since Sep 2 following an agitation by a section of the farmers over land acquired for the plant. Tata Motors has kept work at the site suspended since then and reports are that the auto major is scouting for possible sites in other states to set up the plant.
Source : Economic Times
Ratan Tata was accompanied at the talks by Tata Motors' managing director Ravi Kant.
The Tatas are exploring other options for the site. Tata officials have reportedly already met Chief MInisters of the states of Karnataka and Gujarat for the Nano plant. It is expected that they will zero in on an alternate site by next week. The Trinamool Congress blamed the West bengal chief minsiter for the pullout of the Tatas from West bengal.
Work at the Singur project to roll out the world's cheapest car has been stalled since Sep 2 following an agitation by a section of the farmers over land acquired for the plant. Tata Motors has kept work at the site suspended since then and reports are that the auto major is scouting for possible sites in other states to set up the plant.
Source : Economic Times