TATA NANO'S ISSUE

Tata Nana- who is not aware of this long awaited car that gained so much of fame even before it hit the market and the proud Ratan Tata hit the headlines saying.” We kept our commitments” while the whole nation bowed to this man who could make every family own a car as he targets the vehicle as the least expensive production car in the world. Economic Times quoted, “Tata Nano’s launch could expand the Indian car market by 65%, according to rating agency CRISIL.” However, due to the current Singur land dispute, the "Stalled Car Factory" is "Costing Jobs, Splitting Neighbors in West Bengal”. There is growing tension in the villages near the Tata factory as the protests continue and the plant remains closed. While politicians for their baseless selfish motives pressurize neighbors by opposition groups to protest against the carmaker even if this project would provide livelihood to the many thousands of those villagers while the poor people around can also enjoy a good share by their little Business as this and develops and the population increases. Tata Motors is a large publicly traded firm. Its decision to locate the flagship Nano project in West Bengal provides an opportunity for West Bengal to make a return to industrial growth that was always a heritage ever since 1950s but in due time it was lost gradually.
The origin of the problem:
Singur car factory land dispute arose as Tata's planned manufacturing unit for the car in, Singur, where the state government of West Bengal had allocated 997 acres (4.03 km2) to Tata Motor. The construction began on fertile agricultural land and the expropriation and eviction of approximately 15,000 peasants and agricultural workers. The affected farmers have fears that they will receive inadequate or no compensation and therefore lose their livelihoods
Activists sprang up all and in India New Delhi, a group of six women protested wearing T-shirts bearing slogans that said, "The Rs 1 lakh car has Singur people's blood on it
Tata being a new revolution in itself was too precious to be lost, and there is now a race between other Indian States to become the new location for the Tata Nano project, with each state trying to entice the Tata Motors Group to their particular location. On 2 October 2008, Ratan Tata officially announced that Tata Motors is pulling the Tata Nano project out of Singur and "evaluating options from Maharasthtra and Gujarat," as well as Karnataka to relocate the plant and machinery. The move is said to put up to Rs 80,000 cr at stake, but Ratan Tata has been in this trade since ages and he knew each state will want to accommodate this project worth crores and crores of rupees other than employment opportunities. Inspite of conitunuous requests by the CM Buddhadev Bhattacharjee to the opposition parties while External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, “If a group like the Tatas leaves West Bengal it will be unfortunate … a major setback to industrialisation in the State, Mamata Bannerjee continued with her senseless voices while TOI commented that Madam Bannerjee hoping that her stubborn stand will yield electoral dividends in rural Bengal, it didn't matter if Tatas exit Singur. Even her own colleagues in Trinamool have got fed up and are equally frustrated with didi's arrogance but they don't dare go against her.” And as expected, the Tatas moved out of Singur and many economists consider this as beginning of the end for the economic and industrial development of the state. But Mamata Bannerjee continued with her stubborn protests for the few votes she expected to win and she went to an extent of even a 25-day hunger strike and presented affidavits of farmers apparently unwilling to part with their land. Mr. Tata moved out in October and specifically mentioned his frustration with the opposition movement at Singur Project led by Trinamool Congress chief Ms. Mamata Banerjee. However, Ms Banerjee refused to take responsibilities and instead pointed finger back to Tatas and the state government. There was a risk as commented by West Bengal Industry Minister Nirupam Sen who said that there was no legal provision under which the state government could return land to the farmers. This could result in lack of livelihood to protesting farmers and the poor farmers would be suffering for the consequences of our political leaders who would forget about all those farmers who supported them, once the elections were over. But the uneducated mass was too innocent to understand all this, while Tatas preferred shifting to Gujurat.
Dangers imposed by Nano:
As the Nano was conceived and designed around introducing the automobile to a sector of the population who are currently using eco-friendly bicycles and motorcycles, environmentalists are concerned that its extraordinarily low price might lead to mass motorization in countries like India and therefore possibly aggravate pollution and global warming as well as increase the demand for oil. The ecology focused German newspaper die tageszeitung feels that such concerns are "inappropriate" as the Tata Nano has lower emissions compared to the average Volkswagen, and that developing countries shouldn't be denied the right to motorized mobility when industrialized countries should be looking to reduce their emissions and usage of cars. The Nano is also alleged to have severely affected the used car market in India, as many Indians opt to wait for the Nano's release rather than buying used cars.
But the boost Nano can give to the common man and also to the standard of living, all these little concerns can be neglected, foucssing on the benefits this project is providing. I consider the fact that the opposition parties, than joining hands for the development of the nation, in search of power and to win the seat, than helping in proper functioning, they are using the innocent people while no can hear their voices after they are left undone and the promises committed to them remain unheard and unheeded. Tata Nano issue, more than an industrialization issue, it is a Political system eye opener and the people chosen by us misguide us and mislead us, while we no more have a say than just to read the newspaper and accept Politics as “POLITICS”!