Tata's Singur land can be acquired for BHEL says Nirupam Sen

Published On Nov 27, 2009 11:50 AM By Ritesh for Tata Nano

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West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Nirupam Sen on Thursday said that if state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) selected the land abandoned by Tata Motors in Singur, the state government would acquire it from the auto major. Nirupam Sen also said that if BHEL selects the land, they will begin the process to get it released. Senior BHEL officials had on November 12 inspected the land at Singur in Hooghly district, 40 km from here, to consider setting up a power generation plant.

Tata Motors has also shifted the Tata Nano project to Sanand in Gujarat, though it still possesses the Singur plot. Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata has said that if the state government compensated the auto maker, the company was ready to return the land. Talking about the proposal of the JSW Steel project in Salboni in West Midnapore district, Nirupam Sen said the government is expecting the company to start the work by next April. JSW Bengal Steel is constructing a 10-million-tonne steel plant in Salboni on an investment of Rs 35,000 crore (Rs 350 billion/$7 billion) which is the largest single investment in the state. Volkswagen Beetle and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X are the upcoming cars in India.