Over Half of Land Acquired in Singur Returned to Farmers

The ongoing process of giving physical possession back to farmers is expected to be completed by 10 November.

The West Bengal government has so far handed over physical possession of 508 acres of acquired land back to farmers in Singur, an official said on Saturday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had kicked off the process on 20 October.

Of the 997.11 acres acquired for the Nano project by the erstwhile Left Front government, Banerjee had claimed that 932 acres of land was made cultivable, while work was going on to develop the remaining 65 acres.

The process of giving physical possession of land has been going at a satisfactory pace. So far, we have handed over physical possession of 508 acres of land to farmers

Purnendu Maji , Hoogly’s Additional District Magistrate

Banerjee, who had spearheaded the anti-land acquisition protests from 2006-2008 as the supremo of Trinamool Congress, commenced cultivation in a symbolic gesture by sowing a mustard seed in October.

Ongoing process of giving physical possession to farmers is expected to be completed by November 10. Sheds and material meant for the car factory have already been removed. The state government will hold an auction to sell the material.

Rabindranath Bhattacharya, Singur MLA