Singur bottleneck continues, NHAI complains to DM

IN DEFIANCE: TMC activists have defied HC by constructing temporary structures along NH2.

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Singur: Trinamool Congress workers continued their siege on National Highway 2 on Saturday. The protestors refused to dismantle a temporary structure built across the road despite directions from the Calcutta High Court to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to clear the highway.

NHAI had approached the Trinamool leaders and requested them to remove their temporary constructions, but the discussion failed to come to any conclusion.

NHAI has now written an official letter to the district magistrate and SP Hooghly, Rajeev Mishra expressing their displeasure.

Rajeev Mishra said, "The NHAI authorities have expressed their displeasure in writing to us. We will help them in any way for free flow of traffic on the national highway."

But that's not all. Trinamool activists have also indirectly defied the High Court order by constructing more than 12 temporary structures along the sides of the National Highway.

Trinamool Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee claimed: "The NHAI officilas came and inspected and went away satisfied."

Meanwhile, work at the TATA Motors Nano plant remained suspended. TATA Motors' Chairman, Ratan Tata made it clear that work cannot proceed at the risk of his employees safety.

Saturday's developments in Singur have clearly exposed the lack of political will of the warring sides to reach at an amicable settlement. With the TATAs one step away from winding up operations, Singur is now poised to go the Nandigram way.

(With inputs from Sougata Mukhopadhyay in Kolkata)BLUR_B