Singur : Who's lost the most?

Would the festive spirit of Durga Pooja, be able to change the gloomy atmosphere in Singur - a small village, on the outskirts of Kolkata, brought to limelight two years ago, when Ratan Tata annonced the rollout of India's Dream Car - Rs. 1 lakh worth NANO from a new plant of Tata Motors to come up at Singur in West Bengal.

Would the hundreds of young dreams, of earning a decent livlihood for their families, be shattered. During these two years, hoardes of diploma holders were given free training and they built a dream of working either in the Motors' plant or one of the 100s of ancilliary units coming up alongwith the plant or set up their own mechanic business and feed their families.

Whould the farmers who'll get their land back, if they do get it, be able to reap prosperity out of it - a land over which construction work has already been done.

What would happen to all the small local businessman and transporters, planning to become suppliers of material like stone / sand etc. and transportation to the Nano plant and the ancialliary units.

What would happen to the costing of Dream car, Nano - with the addition of relocation cost. would it now still be available at the magical price of Rs. 1 lakh

What would happen to the CM buddha's dream of changing the image of west bengal to a industry friendly state

What would happen to Mamta banerjee's image in terms of state development. Had she hit on her own foot, by loosing votes from rest of the state (for defaming the state image)

What would this incident's impact be on the India's image as a investment destination

Let's see the incidents related to the buildup of today's status. Government wanted to create a land bank to entice industry in the state. They purchased lands on the outskirts of Kolkata, some farmers didnt' wanted to sell - they were enticed with either higher than market price or using force (police). The land was offered to Tata and the project of Nano came to Singur as a big political mileage to modernist CM Buddhadeb bhattacharya. Mamta Banerjee, a political opponent, couldn't have allowed the CMs popularity to increase. She put fuel into the fire, simmering among the farmers who lost land by force and staged a series of dharna protests. Meanwhile, the plant was getting constructed on the land. At one stage things went beyond her control and goons ran amok. Fearing the safety of employees, Tata decided to pull out and with that everyone is now sitting sad.

Apparently it seems, everyone has lost in this game of political one upmanship. The place has been setback by not just two years, but also the 5-6years before, that acted as a buildup of the area as a potential destination to industry. It would thus not be an exaggeration in saying the place has been pushed back into the 20th century.

Its not just moving out of Tata's from West Bengal, its moving out of NANO economy from the region.