Singur: Why Mamata146;s Got it Wrong

8226;Total Land Acquired:997.11 acres

8226; Land acquisition notification issued in the first week of September 2006

8226; Acquisition formally starts on September 26, 2006

8226; Total farmers identified in September 2006: 8,890

8226; Total number of people eligible for compensation for land: 13,103

8226; Total number of people who have so far taken their compensation cheques: 10,852

8226; Total number of people who have not received their cheques: 2,251 including those in title disputes

8226; Total area of land for which compensation paid: 691.64 acres

8226; Total area of land for which compensation not paid: 305.47 acres

8226; Around 60 vendors coming to Singur Vendor Park

8226; Land leased to Tata Motors for main plant: 645 acres. This includes space for utilities, interconnecting roads within and approaches to vendor facilities in the adjacent Vendor Park.

8226; Land earmarked for vendors adjacent to main plant: 290 acres. WBIDC to lease out this land directly to the vendors.

In July 2006, Bengal began identifying land for the Tata Motors project; notified 1,050 acres for acquisition. Two years later, controversy dogs the takeover