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March 09, 2007 17:40 IST
In an important step towards setting up of Tata Motors' small car project at Singur, the West Bengal government signed the land lease agreement with the auto major on Friday.
The lease agreement, which gave Tata Motors complete control of 997 acre, was signed by Tata Motors Vice-President (Finance) R S Thakur and West Bengal Industry Secretary Sabyasachi Sen on behalf of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, according to sources in the state government.
The details of the agreement were not available.
The location of the proposed plant, nearly 35 km from Kolkata, has already evoked much controversy in the state.
The main opposition, Trinamool Congress, launched an agitation to stop the plant being set up on agricultural land immediately after the government started the process of acquisition last year after the announcement of the Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) project.
The government gave permission to Tata Motors to start work on the plant in early January, barely a week after after Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee called off her 25 day hunger strike against the plant at Singur.
The auto major has already started the work on the boundary wall and other groundwork amidst heavy security as opposition parties, mainly Trinamool, have been repeatedly threatening to disrupt the work and uproot the temporary fencing around the acquired land.
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