Tatas will have to return land at Singur: LF

The Tatas must return the land at Singur as they had withdrawn the Nano project, the ruling Left Front has said.

The Tatas must return the land at Singur as they had withdrawn the Nano project, the ruling Left Front said on Thursday and urged the West Bengal government to take steps for setting up alternative industries at the site.

Since the Tatas had decided not to utilise the acquired land for the Nano project, they must return the land to the state government for setting up alternative industries, otherwise the land, which could not be returned to the farmers as per the existing land acquisition act, has to be auctioned, Left Front chairman Biman Bose told reporters.

Speaking after a meeting of the Front, Bose said, “We have asked the state government to go ahead in setting up alternative industries at Singur.”

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Bose said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee informed the meeting that the possibility of setting up alternative industry at the site was being explored.

“Talks are on in this regard. We are looking into all possibilities for setting up alternative industries at Singur,” Bhattacharjee said.

Senior RSP leader Manoj Bhattacharya said the chief minister informed the meeting that he had held talks with Tata group chairman Ratan Tata for return of the land at Singur which was acquired for the public purpose.

“The land cannot lie vacant. When one project cannot be set up, another industry or cluster of industries will take its place,” the leader said.

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