Ratan Tata likely to meet Yeddyurappa

Ratan Tata likely to meet Yeddyurappa

22 Sep, 2008, 1937 hrs IST, PTI (Economic Times)

BANGALORE: Tata Motor officials have promised Karnataka Chief Minister, who recently offered 1,000 acres of land to the corporate for setting up small car Nano production facility in the state, to arrange a meeting with group Chairman Ratan Tata.
"During the discussions the Tata Motors officials had had with the Chief Minister on September 18, an assurance to this effect was given," State Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani told reporters here today.
Tata Motors Managing Director Ravi Kant had called on Chief Minister Y S Yeddyurappa last week. The State promised all incentives and facilities if the company decided to relocate its Nano car project from Singur, where it has suspended work following protests led by Opposition party Trinamool Congress.
The state cabinet has already promised 1,000 acres of land and other facilities to the Tatas, stepping up efforts to lure the project to the state over which a few other states have also been vying and West Bengal making efforts to retain it.
Tata Motors has manufacturing plants in Dharwad from where its rolls out buses and tractors.
Official sources said the state has already conducted a tour for the Tata company officials in Dharwad so that they get first hand knowledge about the extent of land availability for the project.
Besides Karnataka, other states-- Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Orissa, Gujarat-- too have been wooing the Tata Group for the Nano project.