TATA Motors has asked for 10 months time from the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation to remove equipment from the mother plant situated in Singur.

WBIDC Managing Director, Subrata Gupta, said, "Tata Motors had written to WBIDC in November that it would require 10 months to remove the equipment from Singur."

The ambitious project of Ratan Tata was earlier planned at Singur but later shifted to Sanand in Gujarat due to stiff opposition by Trinamool Congress led opposition parties over land and compensation issue.

Meanwhile, the state government has also directed the carmaker, sending a notice, to pay lease amount for using 645.67 acres at Singur that became due on March 15. The firm would have to pay around Rs 1 crore as an annual lease amount for using the land.

However, the firm has not responded to the government's notice yet. A Government source said, "We are yet to hear from them. But they have informally told us that they will pay the rent."

West Bengal Government has again shown interest in Nano project with state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told a news channel last week that state wants the project back in Singur.