In an important step towards setting up of
Tata Motors' small car project at Singur, the West Bengal government signed the land lease agreement with the auto major on Friday.
The lease agreement, which gave Tata Motors complete control of 997 acre, was signed by Tata Motors Vice-President (Finance) R S Thakur and West Bengal Industry Secretary Sabyasachi Sen on behalf of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, according to sources in the state government.
The details of the agreement were not available.
The location of the proposed plant, nearly 35 km from Kolkata, has already evoked much controversy in the