The Northcot Farm is abuzz with activities as Tata Motors has begun the construction work for relocation of its mother plant of Nano Car from Singur in West Bengal.
SANAND: The Northcot Farm here is abuzz with activities as Tata Motors has begun the construction work for relocation of its mother plant of Nano Car from Singur in West Bengal.
A visit to the plant site reveals that pillars for the construction of plant's boundary wall have been fixed and hectic preparations are underway to build the main plant building.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata had on October 7 signed a Memorandum of Understanding for relocation of the Rs 2,000 crore mother plant.
Hectic activity was witnessed at the Nano plant site on Friday as several teams of architects, engineers and contractors continued with their site inspection and masonry related jobs, respectively.
The work of laying underground cables for broadband connectivity was also in progress near the site.
The roads leading to Northcot Farm had many roadside boards welcoming Nano to its new home. The state government has also initiated survey of widening of roads leading to the site from Sanand-Viramgam Highway.
Tata Motors has roped in its leading private shareholder, Shapoorji Pallonji & Com Ltd (SPCL) for construction of the Nano plant on 1,100 acres of land which once belonged to Anand Agiculture University.
"Nano car plant construction project work at Sanand is with us," SPCL officials confirmed.
"Initial construction works is going on the project site," they said.
"A lot of job applications to work for Nano keep ouring in throughout the day, although the plant construction has just begun," they added.
The state government has decided to widen the single lane road from Sanand-Virmagam highway to the project site. It has also acquired land for laying another private road from the highway to the site which will be used by the company only, sources said.
The Tatas had surveyed locations in many states before finalising the plant site here after they faced unprecedented poltical opposition in West Bengal against the project.
"Nano plant is initially expected to begin production with 2.5 lakh cars per annum, and later expand upto 5 lakh cars per year production capacity. More than 60 ancillary units are also expected to come together in the same complex," sources said.
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