Having received a rude jolt from Tata Motors, which has set a December-end deadline for acquiring land for its people's car project, the West Bengal government directed West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation on Thursday to take possession of the site and transfer it to the company.
Industry Secretary Sabyasachi Sen told PTI the Land and Land Reforms department had already acquired 1,000 acres and has ordered WBIDC to take possession of it.
He said WBIDC would now apply for mutation, after which it would be given to Tata Motors.
Asked whether the state government would be able to meet the deadline set by the Tatas, Sen replied in the affirmative.
Tata Motors stated on Wednesday the company might explore other options if the state government failed to handover the land by the end of this year.
As per the company's plans, Tata Motors would put in place a structured programme for community development and impart vocational training to men and women in the project area after getting possession of the land.
Tata Motors plans to roll out a Rs one lakh car from the plant to come up at Singur by the middle of 2008.
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