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Yeddyurappa, Ratan Tata may hold talks in a week: Murugesh Nirani

HUBLI: Karnataka Large and Medium Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said on Sunday that a meeting between Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata was likely to take place in Bangalore in a week on the relocation of Nano car manufacturing plant.

He was addressing presspersons here after inspecting the proposed land identified for acquisition near Dharwad along with a team led by Managing Director of Tata Motors Ravi Kant.

Earlier, the Chief Minister along with senior officials held talks with the team led by Mr. Ravi Kant here. This is Mr. Ravi Kant’s second meeting with Mr. Yeddyurappa.

The Chief Minister, who was on a tour of Dharwad and Gadag districts on Saturday, chose to stay overnight here in the wake of Mr. Ravi Kant’s visit. The meeting lasted around 30 minutes. The Tata Motors’ team included head of the Nano project Girish Wagh and general managers Kulkarni (Construction), Tapan Mukhyopadhya (Finance) and A.S. Puri (Legal). Mr. Nirani, Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar, Dharwad North MP Prahlad Joshi, Principal Secretaries Umesh (Commerce and Industry), M.R. Srinivas Murthy (Finance), Executive Member of KIADB Sham Bhat and Special Deputy Commissioner Shivashankar attended the meeting. Mr. Yeddyurappa told presspersons that he had apprised the officials of Tata Motors of the congenial industrial climate in Dharwad. “We are ready to meet their requirement of land, water and power. Since the company has its other units in Dharwad, it will be easier for it to relocate the small car manufacturing unit here and the government is ready to extend necessary concessions.”

Mr. Nirani said that the team inspected the land adjacent to the Dharwad Growth Centre (Belur Industrial Estate) proposed for acquisition. On what was the response of the team, he said although they were non-committal, they seemed impressed.

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