Everybosy like us who surf the internet, write blogs and do many other things, are only thinking about the making of Nano from W Bengal, there are issues like very fertile land with all irrigation facility going to become factories where there is land which are not so fertile with all required infrastucture which is not being used for this project - take from me I have visted this place Singur - this place grows the best breed of Vegetable that you can find in W.Bengal - there are lives of poor farmers who have being happy cultivating in there peaces of land. Why take their land away, if this was your land and not just land it fetches them bread and butter. The industrialist or the Government cannot add a pin point land to the nation where there is food crisis and certain number of people under the poverty line, so why take away such value added soil for a car factory which could have been happened in some other part of the state. Just think about those poor people who know just farming and happily doing that, why go after them, and can you imagine what these industrialist are up to they want 900 acres of land for manufacturing the smallest/cheapest car ever. Dont you think this is mis use of pure life giving soil.
RE:There are pros and cons here
by akhil kapoor on Aug 26, 2008 05:34 PM Permalink
Mr ray most of the land in India is fertile...In that case where will the industries go......with time even fertile land will have to be used as industrial site
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by Debasish on Aug 26, 2008 05:41 PM Permalink
u r not right. Just 2 hours away from the place 'Singur'. Lots of lands are present wich doesn't yield any crop. It's the mistake of West Bengal Govt to show Mr Tata a highly fertile land of Singur for constructing car factory.
RE:There are pros and cons here
by Kabeer on Aug 26, 2008 05:54 PM Permalink
For all those who are screaming hoarse their lungs out in this blog in support of Ratan Tata, please answer me honestly, if you want.
In Bombay you got two whacking stadia Brabourne & Wankhede in the prime business district where only a couple of cricket matches are played in a year.
Govt asked the land be sold to any one and build multi storeyed office space there. The ongoing office space rates are already one of the highest in the world there i.e Nariman Point.
The owners of the stadia i.e Private Clubs refused to sell that land stating that it is their private property and they can do whatever they like with it. Selling it to build multi storeyed offic space for the good of the nation didnt bother them. Every educated person supported them stating that it is their property and they can do what they like and the GOvt has no say in it.
FINE!
Now, in Singur, the land is alluvial soil i.e. the richest arable soil irrigated by the gangetic tributaries over millenia. The farmers are tilling that land for centuries and are makiing a living out of it.
What moral right has anyone to force them to sell their lands to the Tatas?
If you are rich you get away by builing whacking stadia in the prime business district of the nation.
If you are poor you are forced to sell your best farming land to some one else and you have no say in it?
Are all those educated lot who are screaming hoarse here believe in equality and common rights? Or are they regurgit
RE:There are pros and cons here
by Amit B Saraswat on Aug 26, 2008 05:36 PM Permalink
The fault lies with the government. The WB Govt alloted this land to TATA. They could have moved some 50-100 odd kms ahead and alloted the land there. I am sure Tata would not have objected for that. When Tata started their Jamshedpur Unit it was in Jungle. Same with Walchandnagar. Why should the country suffer due to the folly of the Communists?
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by vspi on Aug 26, 2008 05:50 PM Permalink
According to Mr. Sachdeva (President of INTUC) the farmers of WB use thier land only 70 days in a year- rest they do not have water, elecricty etc. do so. So much for 3 decades of commies serving the poor!!!
