Leading automobile manufacturer Tata Motors Limited has shortlisted West Bengal as the possible location for setting up a greenfield truck manufacturing unit.
A Tata Motors spokesman told PTI that the company is looking at various locations for a new unit, adding that West Bengal is one of them.
He, however, said that the idea was at a 'very preliminary and exploratory stage.'
The comment by the Tata Motors spokesman comes in the wake of reports that top officials of the auto major would be coming down to Kolkata to hold discussions with the state authorities in this regard.
The spokesman, however, refused to speak when asked to comment on the reports.
On the other hand, the state industry department officials also expressed their ignorance about reports of Tata Motors officials' plan of holding discussions with the government.
West Bengal Industry Development Corporation managing director Gopal Krishna said, "I am not aware whether officials of Tata Motors are coming for holding discussions."
Special secretary in the industry department Dipak Chakraborty also echoed the same view.