On the edge of Singur, one of Bengal’s most politically loaded landscapes, men dig through the earth for rusted iron rods — remnants of the abandoned Tata Motors Nano factory — to be sold as scrap.
In 2008, Tata Motors abandoned plans to set up a small-car factory here amid relentless protests. The exit has caused a seismic shift in the state’s political landscape, unseating the Left Front and propelling Mamata Banerjee to power.
Eighteen years on, that decision by Tata Motors still haunts Singur as it remains trapped between two ruins — farmland that no longer yields as before and a factory that never came up.
“Neither agriculture happened, nor did industry,” says 93-year-old former TMC MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharya, known here simply as ‘Mastermoshai’, which roughly translates to respected teacher. He was one of the prominent leaders during the Singur movement.
In 2006, the then Left Front government acquired around 1,000 acres here for Tata Motors’ small-car project. TMC supr​On the edge of Singur, one of Bengal’s most politically loaded landscapes, men dig through the earth for rusted iron rods — remnants of the abandoned Tata Motors Nano factory — to be sold as scrap.
In 2008, Tata Motors abandoned plans to set up a small-car factory here amid relentless protests. The exit has caused a seismic shift in the state’s political landscape, unseating the Left Front and propelling Mamata Banerjee to power.
Eighteen years on, that decision by Tata Motors still haunts Singur as it remains trapped between two ruins — farmland that no longer yields as before and a factory that never came up.
“Neither agriculture happened, nor did industry,” says 93-year-old former TMC MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharya, known here simply as ‘Mastermoshai’, which roughly translates to respected teacher. He was one of the prominent leaders during the Singur movement.
In 2006, the then Left Front government acquired around 1,000 acres here for Tata Motors’ small-car project. TMC supr ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
