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Article

8 Aug 2008

Author:
Sujoy Dhar, Reuters

Renewed protests threaten to delay Nano India launch

[There have been] [v]iolent protests and political opposition against land seizures for a Tata Motors [part of Tata Group] factory in eastern India…West Bengal's communist government took about 1,000 acres of farmers' land … The state offered compensation … but some complained they did not receive their dues..."We are not against industrialization or Tata, we only want back the 400 acres acquired from us forcibly," said Laxman Das, an elderly farmer who lost his land and refused compensation...Tata is one of several companies facing resistance as industry hunts for land in this crowded, fast-growing country, where around two-thirds of its billion-plus population depend on agriculture for their livelihoods...Tata Motors declined to comment on the protesters' actions, other than to suggest it was business as usual...