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Talks are due to begin shortly in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta to try to end a dispute over the building of the world's smallest car, Nano.
The governor of the state is to hold negotiations with representatives of the government and the opposition.
Tata Motors suspended work at the plant in West Bengal state on Tuesday after protests over the acquisition of land from farmers and opposition parties.
The company has said it would relocate the car plant.
The conflict has already led to loss of life.
A few hours after Tata announced its plans to suspend work at its car factory, a villager there allegedly committed suicide fearing loss of work for his sons.
And at least six small farmers had earlier killed themselves in Singur when their lands were acquired for the Tata project.
'Last chance'
The grandfather of state Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi was Mahatma Gandhi - even he may have found it difficult to resolve this dispute.
For the past 13 days, thousands of demonstrators have been protesting at the Tata plant in Singur - some 50km (31 miles) north of Calcutta - demanding that 400 acres of requisitioned land be returned to local farmers.
The communist-led state government here says that is not going to happen.
When both sides sit down with the governor, they know this is probably the last chance they have to keep the Nano in West Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee, of the opposition Trinamul Congress party, is leading the protests and she does not appear to be in a mood for compromise.
"We want to see a happy world. Let the big people be there, the medium people be there and the small people," Ms Banerjee said.
"And it is the duty of human beings to fight for the downtrodden people. We will be with them and ultimately the people will be the winner and Tata and this government will be the losers."
Over the last few days there have been protests in Calcutta in support of the Tatas.
The business community here fears that if Tata leaves, few will want to invest in this state which is one of India's poorest.
Tata Motors chairman Rata Tata said on Thursday that the company was doing everything possible to launch the Nano on time but it all depended on what happened in Singur.
But his patience appears to be running out.
The state government - which acquired the land for Tata - appears to be ready to offer improved compensation to the farmers.
If that offer is turned down the world's cheapest car may have to be built somewhere else.
(BBC)
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