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Nano continues to drive into Singur siege

LANDING IN TROUBLE Bs Reporter / Kolkata August 22, 2008, 1:02 IST In a new twist to the controversy surrounding the 997-acre plot for the Nano car plant of Tata Motors at Singur, 40 km west of Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress (TC) controlled gram panchayat in the area said it would not grant any permission to the plant, like environmental and water-use licences, and also threatened to take action against the company as its factory was blocking the rainwater drainage channel of the entire area.