Tatas want to ensure that the relocation does not adversely affect hired locals
KOLKATA: Tata Motors is keeping the relocation of Nano from Singur a low-key affair considering the inherent pain involved in it. The shifting of the plant machinery and that of the ancillary units began last month itself, but company officials here are reluctant to divulge details.
They are, however, taking care the relocation does not have any adverse impact on locals recruited for the Singur plant. A Tata Motors spokesman told DNA the company was exploring the possibility of absorbing them at its other plants.
The spokesman reiterated what group chairman Ratan Tata said on October 3, “They will continue to be members of the Tata Motors family, but not at Singur.”
Refusing to reveal details, he said, “Tata Motors does not wish to discuss the mechanics of relocation, because it has relevance beyond the company.”
However, sources close to the functioning of the erstwhile Singur plant said a major part of the shifting had been completed even before the official announcement was made on October 3, 2008.
“At least I can speak of the vendors and the ancillary units that their relocation was completed much before. As far as my knowledge goes, the relocation of the import machinery of the mother plant has also been completed.”
The locals trained and recruited for the Singur plant at least have something to cheer about, but those small entrepreneurs who had dreamt of making it big around the plant have been left in the lurch.
Take for example the owner of New Balaji Hotel adjacent to the erstwhile factory. Seeing his business grow at an exponential pace in the last two years after the arrival of the plant, he renovated the restaurant last year and made it two-storey with a bar on the second floor. Now, after the plant’s closure, he has decided not to use the bar licence and return to his original fish-meal menu.
Durjan Jha, who was planning to renovate his small barber shop, is also disappointed. “Now, who will use these costly shaving creams, fine razors or aftershave lotions?” he says.
r_sumanta@dnaindia.net 
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