Singur
Many industries will come up in Singur: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday asserted many industries will be set up in Hooghly district's Singur, where she led a massive land movement that had catapulted her to power in 2011, media reports said.
The Chief Minister, who began her third term in 2021, announced a number of road projects besides giving importance to industries in Singur where Tatas had to call off their car factory facing stiff protests from Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 2007-2008.
"We will set up agro industries in Singur and a railway coach manufacturing unit at Uttarpara. Many industries will come up. Industry and agriculture will both grow in Singur. You have a bright future," said the Chief Minister.
Banerjee, who is often accused of creating a deathbed for industries in the state, Friday said a balance between industries and agriculture will be maintained.
After coming to power, the TMC government with a win in the Supreme Court had handed over around 900 acres of farmland to the farmers, who had denied handing over their land to then Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the Tata Nano project.
However, the land has still remained useless as concrete has made it unfit for any farming.
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