Kanchrapara (WB): Railway minister
Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said a modern rail coach factory would
come up in Singur if the West Bengal government gave the land
to the railways.
Reiterating her earlier statement on the issue,
Banerjee said at a railway function here that "if the state
gives the land to us we will build the coach factory on 600
acres of land after returning the rest 400 acres to the
farmers."
The Trinamool chief had earlier said "if they (state
government) give us the land, we can proceed. We can build the
ancilliary industry in Dankuni and the two places can be
linked by a dedicated rail line."
The leased land at Singur in Hooghly district is still
in possession of Tata Motors.
Faced with the Trinamool Congress agitation for return
of 400 acres, of the total acquired land, to farmers in
Singur, the Tata Motors in October 2008 shifted the small car
plant to Sanand in Gujarat.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 21:56