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A visibly upset Ratan Tata had last week threatened to pull out of Singur.
“We have plans to launch Nano by October, but many people don’t
want that to happen,” he had said.
But if the TATA Group decides to pull
out of West Bengal, what happens to the October roll out date
for the Nano?
Sources tell CNN-IBN that the car will keep to its deadline, with the TATAs working on a backup plan.
The first fallback option is the TATA Motors’ Pantnagar plant in Uttarakhand. It has a plant size of close to 1,000 acres where over 2.5 lakh mini-trucks – the Tata Ace – are being manufactured. This plant can produce over 40,000 Nanos, but the shift from Singur means the delivery deadlines could get delayed by at least a month.
