Tata Motors has begun moving equipment from its Nano factory in West Bengal according to local media reports.

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Tata has suspended work at the plant in Singur in West Bengal state due to violent protests from local farmers unhappy with the compensation offered for their land.


While talks between the state and opposition politicians backing the farmers were still underway, attacks on two security guards at the factory on Monday ‘might have been the last straw’, the Times of India said, citing unnamed government officials.


Tata is staying quiet about the reports which may be part of a brinkmanship strategy being played out in stuttering negotiations between local political interests, representatives from the West Bangal state and Tata.


Alternatively, the company may have concluded that it’s time to move production elsewhere in order to halt further delays on the Nano.


See also: INDIA: Tata and West Bengal farmers dispute deadlocked


 

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