Inspired by Singur

After the Supreme Court quashed the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led West Bengal government's acquisition of 997 acres of agricultural land for Tata Motors' small car plant in Singur, the state government is faced with the prospect of scaling down one of its own pet projects - a "mishti hub" (sweets hub) in Bardhaman - in the face of a Singur-like protest. The state government has decided to drop a 10.5-acre site in Alisha village after people who lost land demanded it back citing the Singur verdict and has instead identified two plots, 0.5 acres each and 2.5 km apart. However, traders' associations are not very happy at the prospect of having "a handful of sweet shops" instead of a proper production and export centre.