অ্যাকসেসিবিলিটি লিংক

India's Tata Motors Aims for October Launch as Talks Begin


The head of India's Tata Motors says the company still plans to launch the world's cheapest car as soon as possible, despite fierce protests against its work at a factory in West Bengal state.

Chairman Ratan Tata told participants at an industry meeting in New Delhi on Thursday that the company will do everything possible to launch the "Nano" car as planned. He said the company aims to come close to the originally scheduled rollout date of October. Tata made the comments as the governor of India's West Bengal state, Gopalkrishna Gandhi met with opposition party members in a bid to end protests at the car factory.

The auto-maker suspended work this week at its Singhur factory in West Bengal, where supporters of the plant clashed Wednesday with protesters. The protesters say farmers in the area were not fairly compensated for the land Tata is using for the factory. Tuesday, the auto-maker announced it was planning to relocate the plant away from West Bengal because of continued confrontation and agitation at the site. Wednesday, police said a man with two sons who worked at the factory committed suicide.

Meanwhile, hundreds of information technology workers marched with black cloths over their mouths in West Bengal's capital, Kolkata, in support of Tata. The factory was set to produce Tata's new "Nano" cars, which are priced at just 25-hundred-dollars.

XS
SM
MD
LG