Pro-Tata farmers shut Singur down

Since many factories in the area were to pay wages and bonus ahead of the Durga Puja festival today, it was decided to lift the Durgapur Expressway and railway blockade, Das said.

8220;The blockade of the expressway and the Kamarkundu railway station would have prevented workers from collecting their pay and bonus, therefore we decided to lift it,8221; he said.

Meanwhile, a CPIM leader, Uma Ghosh, who had gone to visit his relatives at Beraberi was assaulted at the Beraberi Bazar.

Das claimed that Ghosh was beaten up by Trinamool Congress supporters.

A police complaint has been filed, he said. Beraberi is one of the areas from where land was acquired for the Tata Motors project. The bandh since 6:00 am, meanwhile, was continuing.

The blockade was, however, to be lifted at Sanapara, where there was a 2 km line of Kolkata-bound trucks on the Durgapur Expressway. Sanapara is half a kilometre from the main gate of the Tata Motors plant.