Tata Motors lauds Buddha effort
Tata Motors on Sunday came out in
support of Chief Minister Buddadeb Bhattacharjee whose offer of a fresh package
for farmers whose land was taken has been rejected by Trinamool Congress chief
Mamata Banerjee. In a press statement issued by the company, the Tatas
appreciated the package offered by the state Government and said it was hopeful
that the initiatives would generate favourable response from the farmers,
creating a positive atmosphere in Singur.
The statement comes at a time when Banerjee has
already rejected the fresh rehabilitation proposal. The Left Front is
organising a rally in favour of the Nano factory at Singur on Monday and a
counter rally is scheuled to be held by the Singur Krishijomi Raksha Committee
near the plant on the following day.
In the statement issued by Tata Motors
spokesperson from Mumbai on Sunday, the company said: "Tata Motors
appreciates and supports the recent initiatives of the Government of West
Bengal for the residents of Singur area where it had acquired land for Tata
Motors' Nano project."
The statement also re-confirmed the company's
objective of setting up the Nano factory in
It also stated that Nano factory is also aimed at
providing direct and indirect employment opportunities for the people of
"Tata Motors hopes that these initiatives
will evoke a positive response from the residents of Singur and that all
stakeholders will contribute to create a congenial environment conducive to the
long-term sustained operations of an industrial enterprise," the statement
added.
On September 12, Bhattacharjee proposed fresh
initiatives for Singur, including a fresh rehab package for the affected
farmers. The proposal stated that 70 acres of land would be returned from
within the project area, all land losers both willing and unwilling get an
extra 50 per cent of the compensation price, 300 days wage for unrecorded
bargadars and wage labourers, government jobs to each of the land loser family
with in a year, community development by way of setting up schools, roads,
hospitals in villages surrounding the project area and other benefits. The
offer was rejected by Mamata Banerjee after talks with the Chief Minister.
On Sunday, the Krishijomi Rakka Committee held a
rally at Beraberi which was addressed by Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy and
TMC MLA from Singur Rabindranath Bhattacharya. "This package is nothing.
This is not something we have been agitating for the past three years,"
Bhattacharya told The Indian Express.
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