‘We’d move, whatever the cost, to protect our people’

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: of a leap of faith in West Bengal as we have. Without the vendors having come there and been willing to locate themselves adjacent to us, be part of our plan, there would have been no Nano plant in Kolkata as the components would have had to come from other parts of India. The component manufacturers have therefore made as much a leap of faith. They in fact will employ large number of people and, in fact, more investments will follow in the terms of Tier II and Tier III suppliers.

If you have to move this project outside West Bengal would it affect the future investments by the Tata group in the state?

Of course it would.

Return of the land. Is it possible to negotiate?

It’s not for us to negotiate. The ancillary people have committed themselves to come. In many cases construction of plants is under way. I cannot emphasise on the hardships we have undertaken. We have had, apart from the disruptions, floods, silting and no cultivation in last two years because the site has been like a lake.

Are you thinking of talking to Mamata Banerjee?