http://www.dominionpaper.ca/taxonomy/term/1800/0 en http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/geordie/2150 <p>Farmers in West Bengal, India have <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/2008103174249813590.html">pushed Tata Motors</a> off agricultural land. </p> <blockquote><p>"The West Bengal government acquired 1,000 acres of land for the Nano project in 2006.</p> <p>"At least 10,000 farmers accepted compensation for their land, but approximately 2,000 of them rejected it as inadequate and demanded 400 acres of land be returned.</p> <p>"'You cannot run a plant with police protection, you cannot run a plant when bombs are being thrown, you cannot run a plant when workers are being intimidated,' Tata said."</p></blockquote> http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/geordie/2150#comments agriculture automobiles economics farmers India protest social movements South Asia West Bengal Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:38:39 +0000 Geordie 2150 at http://www.dominionpaper.ca