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    Protest in Singur against Mamata Banerjee for the Tata pullout. Express photo Subham Datta

    Announcing the Nano pull-out from West Bengal, Ratan Tata referred to the Tata Cancer Centre coming up in the Rajarhat township, on the outskirts of Kolkata, as the bridge that remains between the group and the government of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. That hospital is spread over just 13.40 acres of Government land but there is another Tata project on a scale as big as the Nano — and which is moving quietly ahead as per script.

    Barely an hour’s drive from Singur, the Tata Telcon project in Kharagpur, a joint venture with Hitachi for making heavy earth-moving vehicles, also involved acquisition of agricultural land by the government right next to National Highway 6 (Kolkata-Mumbai highway).

    Land acquisition began in June-July 2006 almost simultaneously with the Nano project in Singur. The Tata Telcon project envisages an industrial park of 1251.49 acres — Nano’s was 997 acres — of which the state government’s West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation has already acquired 967.96 acres. An estimated 80 per cent of this is agricultural. To date, Rs 63 crore has been paid as compensation to farmers and landholders. There are no “unwilling farmers” so far.

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    The main Tata factory here will cover 562 acres — the equivalent in Singur was about 650 acres — and the total investment in the project, including that by vendors, is expected to be around Rs 2000 crore. Like Singur, besides the main plant, several vendors form part of the project. The state government and WBIDC have successfully acquired and allotted land to key vendors.

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    learn to keep silenceBy: AMBRISH | 08-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward I think such details should not have been given as it would just invite trouble
    NANO VS TELCONBy: yohan | 05-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward it is crystal clear now that mamata had big stakes in singur, due to the automobile industry and Tata Auto's industrial adversaries have bought mamata. it would be worth enquiring her wealth prior to singur, now and after 1 year. the income tax directorate may kindly note this point. despite many of the 'unwilling' (deliberate creation of mamata) farmers finally agreeing to accept the package, mamta was insisting on 400 acre land, which clearly shows her undue interest in the issue. Her arrogance and tirade challenging the govt, court and the system will boomerang and see her political fall shortly.
    Singur IssueBy: V.Kadal Amutham | 05-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward A nice story to here. But what went wrong in Singur? The question remains in Singur, Why TATAs did not directly negotiate with farmers and ensure they are adequately compensated? TATAs would have offered the farmers with double amount of land else where with all financial and technical and marketing support to the farmers to start life afresh?
    Tata and its contributionBy: Anjana | 05-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward Thank you Mr Tata, I had cancer 12 years back and I was treated at the Tata Cancer Hospital at Bombay. That time I have seen how cancer patients from Bengal used to be the major parts of the crowd there.
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