“We were among the 100 unemployed youths who bought motorcycle vans to carry workers to the plant and charged Rs 5 per head. Now, we return empty-handed,” says Santra.
“I used to sell goods of Rs 5,000 daily. Now, I hardly get Rs 100,” says Ramen Pakhira, whose shop lies close to the factory site.
Then there are over 300 people who pooled in the money they got as compensation against their land to form syndicates to supply raw materials to the factory. After work stopped in the plant in September last year, they are yet to get their money back.
“The Nano was a dream for us, but now that dream has shattered,” says Debi Das, a resident of Gopalnagar.
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