Last-ditch talks to save India's cheap-car plant
Saturday, 6 September 2008
KOLKATA, Sept 5 (AFP) Last-ditch talks were scheduled for today in eastern India in a bid to end violent brprotests against a nearly completed plant slated to manufacture the world's cheapest car. br West Bengal state governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi held separate preliminary discussions on Thursday in Kolkata, capital of Marxist-ruled West Bengal state, with representatives of the government and protesters. brHe is seeking to break the deadlock over the plant in Singur, on the outskirts of Kolkata, which is being built to produce Tata Motors' Nano car, priced at just 100,000 rupees or 2,264 dollars. brThe state governor, grandson of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi, will chair round-table talks with government representatives and the protest leaders on Friday, said the governor's spokesman, Dhruba Basu.