KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today held initial talks with representative of a Chinese automobile company to explore the possibility of setting up a car manufacturing facility at Singur.
The state government has been planning to set up an automobile manufacturing unit in collaboration with the Chinese company FAW, after Tatas left the state. FAW is one of the biggest manufacturers of truck in China. A senior official later said that it was decided that a team headed by the principal secretary of industry and commerce department would be going to China to finalise the deal with FAW about setting up an unit in Singur. “Whether it will be a manufacturing or assembling unit would be decided later,'' he said.
The state transport department has decided to buy 25 air-conditioned buses from Ural India Ltd to be operated in city routes. “We have decided to purchase 25 low-floor buses from Ural India Ltd and each bus will cost Rs 25 lakh,'' said Mr Subhas Chakraborty, state transport minister. He said that he would also ask the private bus owners to buy these low-floor buses as the state would soon phase out 15-years old buses. Earlier, Mr JK Saraf, chairman, Ural India requested the CM to introduce the buses that are being assembled by it.
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