Bengal plans 'pacifier' sops for Singur farmers

Kolkata: The West Bengal government is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to resolve the Singur crisis.

Sources tell CNN-IBN that the state government is planning a better economic package for those who are going to lose their land in Singur.

The proposal will be formally submitted at the meeting to be hosted by the Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on Friday.

The new package will benefit not just the 2,200 people who are protesting against the TATA Nano plant in Singur but also the ones who had willingly given up their land earlier.

The big problem though would be convincing Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee who maintains she will only accept return of land.

Governor Gandhi also met West Bengal Industries Minister Nirupam Sen on Thursday as well as delegation of Opposition leaders to find a solution to the ongoing impasse.

He also discussed possible solutions with Congress leader Sudeep Banerjee, who is also the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Land in West Bengal Assembly.

"We need to find a way on how can we return land to those who are unwilling to take the money. We want both the land and the industry," Banerjee said after meeter the Governor.

The Governor is trying to find a middle ground ahead of Friday's meeting between the state government and TMC-led protesters.

The 10-member panel set up by the Governor will meet on Friday at Raj Bhavan and the TATAs are likely to give it a miss

However, TATA Motors Chairman Ratan Tata says the company is doing all it can to roll out the people's car as per plan.

"We are a company that wants to launch as we had planned and we will do everything possible to try and come close to the plant launch date as we possible can. It depends on what happens," he said at a panel discussion organised by The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers in New Delhi on Thursday.

Tata will also meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday evening to discuss the issue.

Managing Director of TATA Motors Ravi Kant also hoped that the demand for Nano will exceed the supply.

"I won't like to comment on Nano specifically but surely we expect the demand to be much higher than the ability to supply," he said.