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^^^ I completely agree with the content of your first post on this thread.
We are often asked this question these days. Our answer is - No, Singur is not a lost game, and we cannot forget it .
Though there is now a 10 foot brick and mortar wall around 997 acres of land, the future of the project is still uncertain. The State Government continues to use a heavy police presence along with the special riot police Rapid Action Force to guard the wall that has been forcibly put up around farmers’ lands. It has put up watch towers that are manned round the clock by the police. The Government knows that the wall will only last as long as the police protect it- the project affected people have sworn to break the wall the moment the police is moved out.
The farmers of Singur (owning about 400 acres) have refused to take cheques even now and have refused to part with their land. The wall’s legitimacy, both in legal terms and in ethical terms is therefore questionable.
Process to get back Tata land at Singur - Yahoo! India NewsProcess to get back Tata land at Singur
Sun, Dec 27 05:22 AM
The West Bengal government has finally initiated the process to get the Singur land back from the Tatas. Chief Secretary Asok Mohan Chakrabarti on Saturday said the state government had initiated talks with the Tatas on taking back about 1,000 acres of land given to them for the now abandoned Nano factory in Singur.
Sources said the government had told the Tatas that as per the agreement, there was supposed to be a factory on the land. But since the land was left unused, it should be returned.
Recently, the state government had asked the Railways to set up a coach factory on the land following which Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee went public, asking the former to first get the land back from the Tatas.
Earlier, Tata group chairman Ratan Tata had expressed his willingness to return the land if compensated.
In an unrelated development, the Chief Secretary hinted that the CAB should take responsibility for power outage during the one dayer at the Eden Gardens. "Action will be taken against whoever is responsible. But one must understand that if one invites someone to eat at home and the food is bad, one should own up the responsibility instead of accusing the caterer," said the Chief Secretary.
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