And just like Tata, the local residents of Singur too, were in no mood to budge. But they were not as lucky as the illustrious entrepreneur. While Ratan Tata referred to guns in the safe confines of a sound-proof room, the residents of Singur faced the wrath of police intimidation, bullets and worse, for daring to oppose the ‘dream’ project of Tata. Yet another shameful chapter was added to this process of land-grab when more than 10 people died in violence protesting the takeover of their prime agricultural land for the Indonesia-based Salim group in Nandigram. Of course, one can’t really blame Ratan Tata for the Nandigram mess!
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006
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