Sunday 24th August 2008

In India about 40,000 protesters surrounded the Tata Motors factory selected to produce the Nano, the world’s cheapest car, alleging land for the site was forcibly taken from local farmers. A day earlier Ratan Tata, whose Tata Motors is India’s top vehicle-maker, warned he would move the plant out of the state if the demonstrations kept up, even though his company has already invested 350 million dollars in the project.