Kolkata: Tata Motors on Tuesday said it was not looking for any alternative site for its Rs one lakh car, which would roll out on schedule from the proposed plant at Singur in West Bengal's Hooghly district by 2008.
“The small car is expected to roll out from the plant at Singur by 2008," Tata Motors Deputy Chief (strategic sourcing department) B B Parekh said.
Asked if the delay in acquisition of land would pose any problem to the time schedule, he replied that it was possible to produce the car by 2008.
To a question whether Tata Motors was looking for an alternative site in view of the protests by farmers and the opposition parties over acquisition of farmland for industry, he said that the company was satisfied with the response of the West Bengal government.
"Nothing is lacking on the part of the West Bengal government and the company is not looking for any alternative site," he said.
Parekh said that Tata Motors would outsource 80 per cent of auto components from Tier-I vendors who would be accommodated on 300 acres land adjoining the proposed plant.
The company would require 1,000 acres for the entire project.
He said that there would be about 100 Tier-I vendors who would supply auto components and parts to the company.
He was speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on 'Prospects of development of the auto component industry in West Bengal'.
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