Singur: just the facts, please
Brinda Karat The West Bengal Government has received consent letters from landowners for 952 of the 997 acres required. Three fourths of the 12,000 persons involved, including sharecroppers, have collected compensation amounting to Rs.131.49 crore, and others are waiting to do so. Villagers who gave up their land for the proposed car manufacturing plant at Singur with CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat at a rally in Kolkata on Tuesday.