After shifting the Nano Project from West Bengal to Gujarat, The Tata Motors will return the leased land at Singur to the state Govt. WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee informed this in a left front meeting at Kolakata.

The Tatas took the lease from West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation.

The CM further informed his partners that his government didn't release the Rs 200-crore soft loan that Tatas had sought to set up the small-car factory. The State Govt. is exploring other alternatives for the Singur area he added.

"Quite a few proposals are with us. We are weighing options. Maybe, we have to go for an industrial park, instead of a single mega project. WBIDC will have full control over the park. Whatever the choice, the government won't depart from the industrial course," Bhattacharjee said in the meeting.

Left front chairman Biman Bose said thet the Govt. should explore alternatives for Singur. "We will urge the government to take up the cause in right earnest. The government should take proper steps, discuss the modalities. Land was acquired for industries and it should be used for that purpose," he said.