KOLKATA: 

the end of agitation: Mamata Banerjee has called off her dharna outside Tata's Nano factory in Singur. FILE PIC

The two-year-old Singur crisis was resolved last night as a land-for-land agreement was reached at a face-to-face meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, capping three days of hard-nosed bargaining.

As part of the agreement, the government will return the land of all those farmers who have not been compensated, most of which are within the premises of the Tata Motors Nano car factory in Singur, said Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who brokered the talks.

Mamata, in turn, announced the immediate withdrawal of her party's two-year-old agitation on the issue and the fortnight-long sit-in demonstration at the factory site.

The government is reportedly ready to give up 230 acres of land of which 100 acres is likely to be released from inside the Nano plant.

A committee would be set up to work out modalities and till then, the government has ordered suspension of all construction work in the nearby ancillary units of the factory.

Gandhi announced the breakthrough in the impasse in the presence of the Chief Minister and the Trinamool Congress chief at the end of a series of of meetings, including the first-ever talks between Bhattacharjee and Banerjee.