Indian Protesters Stop Major Auto Plant in West Bengal. By Emily Wax, WashPost, October 4, 2008. "After months of violent demonstrations, Tata Motors, the Indian manufacturer of the world's cheapest car, will abandon its $350 million factory in West Bengal state. The problem: protests by farmers who lost land in a deal that had been seen as a symbol of India's transition from agriculture to manufacturing and technology... Tata Motors has already been offered two other sites in neighboring states. The Nano, which is known in India as 'the people's car'... was to roll out this month with a sticker price of $2,500. As other Indian cities have boomed, Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, has remained in a bygone era. The area has sentimental ties to India's former Soviet ally."
2008-10-05
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