TATA Motors, the Indian car maker of what aims to be the world’s cheapest car, will move production of the car to a new site if violent protests by local farmers - forced to sell their land for the site - continue, the company has warned.

The Nano, which will be sold at 100,000 rupees (about €1,500), was designed to bring motoring to India’s billion-strong masses.

The Nano factory has become a symbol of confrontation between industry and farmers who are unwilling to part with land in a nation where two-thirds of the population depends on agriculture.

Over 1,000 acres of fertile fields in West Bengal’s Singur district were acquired by the state government to set up the Nano plant, while thousands of farmers have been evicted.

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