‘Surprise attack’ on Singur BDO’s car

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Posted online: Tuesday , February 26, 2008 at 02:22:28
Updated: Tuesday , February 26, 2008 at 02:42:10

Kolkata, February 25 Farmers opposed to the setting up of Tata Motors small car factory at Singur today attacked the vehicle carrying the Singur Block Development Officer, Prasenjit Roy. Two employees of a private company, who are currently conducting a survey outside the project area, were also assaulted near Bajemelia and confined in a room before police rescued them.

Roy, later, filed a complaint with the Singur police station. But no one has been arrested so far. “We were returning from the project site around 1 pm today when some unidentified men threw stones at my car near Bajemelia. I had gone to the site to supervise the road construction work. The wind screen of my car was damaged in the attack,” said Roy.

The vehicle in which Jhantu Das (28) and Sudhangshu Dutta (60) were travelling were also attacked by the farmers. They were dragged out of the vehicle and were later confined to a clubroom at Bejemelia.

“I had informed the police about the incident. A police team came to the spot and rescued the employees. I have lodged a complaint with the police in connection with the incident,” said Roy. A senior police officer said that the attackers fled after locking up the employees. “We are looking for them,” said Priyabrata Bakshi, OC, Singur police station.

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The Rise of the Car Nazis: Ratan and the Tata Wannabes by Chithra Karunakaran on 02 Mar 2008

Car Nazis: Ratan

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Car Nazis: Ratan by ChithraKarunakaran on 02 Mar 2008

Ratan Tata has made an illegal Left turn in a no-car zone. The Nano is a no-no.Can industry-hungry West Bengal help to rethink the Nano 'personal car' project and instead develop into a manufacturing hub for MASS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? Do we need more cars OR more and better public use transport -- buses, subway trains, rail?The people of India and I am one of them, do NOT need a mis-named people's car. We need a People's Bus, A People's Mass Transit, a vastly expanded People's Railway, we need PUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION that is ecologically sustainable and delivers a public convenience that meets the needs of our underserved Indian URBAN AND RURAL masses and is the envy of, and a model for, the entire world. I proudly count myself among these masses, even though I teach in the US and live and work in India only about six months of the year.Q.Why did Ratan Tata and the Tata Group choose to put their wholly admirable "frugal engineering" expertise into a private car and not into making buses and mass transportation vehicles? A.Corporate greed and personal ambition.

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