Work at the Tata Motors� small car project site at Singur continued to be affected for the fifth day on Thursday with the attendance of contractual workers there falling below Wednesday�s level of around 15 per cent.
On a normal day, around 3,500-4,000 workers are engaged at work in the mother plant and at the vendor park.
The Trinamool Congress has put up a blockade on National Highway No. 2 adjacent to the plant site in protest against acquisition of land from �unwilling farmers� for the Tata small car project.
The Opposition party has demanded that 400 acres of acquired land be returned to the �unwilling farmers�.
According to information gathered from Singur, supporters of the Trinamool Congress � and those opposed to the project � were intimidating workers engaged in the mother plant and in the vendor park.
Some of them were being physically prevented from entering their designated work areas.
Not allowed to exit
Today, for the first time, a convoy of 40-45 cars and buses carrying employees of Tata Motors was prevented from leaving the plant site after their work schedules were over.
A blockade was put up outside Gate No 2 of the vendor park through which all vehicular movement has been taking place.
In the morning, police foiled an attempt by a group of Trinamool supporters who tried to force their way into the plant area through Gate No 4.
Nano deadline
Asked if the disruption in work would force Tata Motors to push back the deadline fixed for the rollout of the Nano, an official spokesperson of Tata Motors said from Mumbai: �We have not issued any official statement to this effect�.
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