Nano going to Gujarat no loss for us, says Khanduri

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Having lost the Nano small car project to Gujarat, Uttrakhand Chief Minister BC Khandurion Tuesday put up a brave face, claiming that it was not a loss for his state as it could not provide 1000-acre land at one place for the project as required by the Tatas.

“We could not have parted with the cultivable land for the project...there are other industries too demanding land in Uttrakhand. We have to keep them in mind too,” Kanduri said here after laying the foundation stone for a state guest house of Uttarakhand government here.

He said the Nano car project going to Gujarat was not a loss for Uttarakhand. “The over 1000-acre land they required for the plant at one place could not have been given without parting with cultivable land,” he explained.

Before Tatas decided to set up the small car plant in Gujarat there were reports that the corporate group may opt for Pantnagar in Uttrakhand—where Tata Ace pick-up trucks are being manufactured —to produce Nano.