New Delhi: A four-member committee set up to determine the scope of land transfer will visit the Tata Motors plant in Singur on Wednesday.
The team will inspect the site to determine how much land acquired for the project can be returned to the 'unwilling' farmers who did not receive compensation for giving up their land.
The team consists of two representatives of the state government and two from the opposition Trinamool Congress and has just under a week to submit its report.
So far, both sides are sticking to their guns. Tata Motors and the state government have refused to part with any land meant for ancillary units of the plant.
But the Trinamool Congress insists maximum possible land must be returned from within the project area itself.
Tata Motors has said work will not resume at the plant until there is clarity on the issue of land transfer.
External Affairs Minister and Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee is confident that the Singur dispute should be solved by mutual discussions, but said that he is not in a position to intervene on the matter.
“What I want is that investment should take place in W Bengal, interest of farmer should be protected and at the same time the disputes which are arising should be resolved through discussions, through mutual understanding and mutual respect with each other: I am handicapped to intervene in this matter,” he said.
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