Updated on Sunday, August 31, 2008, 00:00 IST

Zeenews Bureau

West Bengal, Aug 31: Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on Sunday wrote a letter to Mamata Bannerjee urging her to engage in a dialogue with the state government on the Singur issue.

Excerpts from the letter, as disclosed by a private channel, revealed that the Governor has stressed on the importance of the talks and her involvement in it, stating that her subsequent engagement is necessary to resolve the Singur crisis.

In the letter Gandhi has also expressed concern over her health.

The letter comes in the wake of agitation led by the Trinamool Congress which has paralysed work at the Tata plant. The Tatas had earlier threatened that they would pull out of Singur if the agitation against them led by Trinamool Congress does not stop. Tata’s have already pulled out their staff from Singur and the work on Nano has stopped temporarily following the Tata threat.

Don’t withdraw: Dasmunshi

A Pullout by the Tata group would result in huge losses for them, but the threat seems to have drawn support from otherwise quiet quarters. Today, Information and Broadcasting Minister, Priyaranjan Dasmunshi has asked the Tata not to withdraw from Singur.

Banerjee to discuss Gov's letter with party

After receiving letter from Governor Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said she that she would consult with her party and the agitating goup a letter sent by him as the indefinite blockade demanding return of land to farmers entered its eighth day today.

Banerjee acknowledged that she had received a letter from Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi yesterday and said she would consult her party colleagues and members of Krishi Jomi Jibon Jibika Rakha Committee, spearheading the movement for return of the 400 acres of project to unwilling farmers.

The last stretch of Durgapur Expressway, the lifeline of Singur, continued to be clogged with heavy vehicles for the eighth day today as National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) project director Avdesh Kumar's request to Trinamool to withdraw the agitation was rejected.

NHAI has already filed an FIR with the local police station for violation of the National Highways Act.

The state government has assured NHAI of all cooperation after Calcutta High Court directed the authority to remove obstacles on the road and seek help of the state government if necessary.

Police said the situation so far was peaceful but a close watch was being maintained.