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This is with reference to the article “States vie to house Nano project” (Business Line, August 24). It is not justified at all. This is certainly not a civilised way to treat industrialists who, by setting up industries, are generating both direct and indirect employment opportunities to the youth of West Bengal. It is responsibility of the government to resolve the issue.

Protests will only act as an impediment in the progress of the project and the ultimate loser will be the Government.

The winner may be another State, where the current project may get relocated, if the strike continues. In the interest of all concerned, the Government needs to take a call at the earliest.

Ashok Jayaram Bangalore

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Mr Ratan Tata’s statement on the proposed pullout from Singur, site of Tata Motors’ small-car project, is unfortunate and unexpected. The Rs 1,500-crore Singur project to manufacture Nano is really a milestone in India’s motor industry.

Any disruption to the project will definitely dampen the spirit of the country’s industrialisation. And, above all, the opposition to a project of our own making is not in India’s interests.

Mr Tata’s lamentation that he could not open and operate a plant with police protection only reflects the untold agony the Singur project and its employees have been facing in West Bengal.

As a first step, the West Bengal Government should hold talks with the protesters so that further agitation against the project can be averted.

Besides, the Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, should look into Ms Mamta Banerjee’s complaint that 400 acres of land was acquired for the project without the farmers’ consent. It is up to him to ensure a safe and conducive atmosphere for the Singur project and its employees.

P. S. Saravana Durai Tuticorin

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