KOLKATA: The West Bengal government appears gradually reconciling itself to the eventuality of Tata Motors pulling out of Singur. The Cabinet, in a last-ditch effort on Thursday, appealed to the company not to withdraw from Singur and assured it all help and cooperation in implementing the small car project. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee reportedly told the Cabinet meeting that given the present circumstances, he did not have much reason to be very hopeful of the project taking off from Singur. The chances were, indeed, very slim. (It is learnt that Tata Motors is actively considering plans to shift from Singur in view of the continuing uncertainty and is examining various options.) Though Singur was not on the agenda of the Cabinet meeting, Mr. Bhattacharjee spoke of the events that led to the present situation on being asked by his colleagues about the fate of the project. Mamata firm Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, at a rally here to mark the second anniversary of its movement at Singur, reiterated that the government should operationalise its