The Singur plant will require a full 1,000 acres since the ancillary units are an integral part of the small-car project, Tata Motors has clarified to the state government through a letter. "We had sent a letter to the Tata Motors managing director (Ravi Kant) to find out what exactly they had written to Mamata Banerjee on the land requirement in Singur and its use,' industries minister Nirupam Sen said today. "He has replied that the small-car plant would need 1,000 acres, and that the vendors or ancillary units are very much part of the project.' The clarification comes at a time Ratan Tata is in the city for tomorrow's Tata Tea AGM. Mamata had yesterday flashed a letter she had received from the Tatas and read out a portion that said the small-car plant itself would require 600-650 acres and the suppliers the remaining 300-350 acres. She had then demanded that the ancillary units be removed elsewhere and 400 acres from the 1,000-acre project plot returned to farmers from whom land had been "forcibly' acquired. Thursday's edition of The Telegraph carried a photograph of another portion of the letter