Tata Motors’ auto component units to come up at Singur

Kolkata: Fifty-five auto component makers, including 54 from outside West Bengal, will set up auto component manufacturing facilities in the vicinity of the Tata Motors’ small car plant at Singur near here. The State Government will allot land for the purpose. While some of them have already been allotted land, the process of land allotment was under way in the case of others.

This was stated by Mr Nirupam Sen, West Bengal’s Minister for Industries and Commerce, at a press conference held here on Thursday.

Mr Sen held a meeting with 35 out of the 55 auto component makers who were looking forward to setting up auto component units in Singur. The Minister promised an appropriate infrastructure that would provide a boost to the auto components sector in the State.

Mr Sen said the aggregate investment by auto component vendors in Singur was expected to be around Rs 2,200 crore. Together, they would provide direct employment to around 4,000 people. The State Government would provide training to the displaced people in the area, Mr Sen said.