In a last-ditch effort to salvage the Nano car project in the West Bengal, Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata would meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee in Kolkata on Friday.
Government sources said the meeting would take place at the Writers' Buildings in the afternoon.
The meeting, sources said, would try to find a solution to the impasse which has led to suspension of work at the Nano project at Singur due to political reasons since 29th August.
While the state government has assured Tata that all help would be extended for resumption of work at Singur, Tatas have said it is not possible to work under police protection.
Tata has also said that they would be forced to shift the Nano project from Singur if normalcy was not restored at the project area.
Trinamool Congress, which has for the last two years waged an agitation opposition farmland acquisition for the project, demanded return of 400 acres from the 1,000-acre project site to "unwilling" farmers.
West Bengal government, however, is ready to concede only 70 acres and it agrees with the Tatas that the integrated land pattern of the project should not be disturbed.
With the prospects of Nano rolling out from Singur now becoming bleak, Bhattacharjee had written to Tata asking him not to pull out and expressed his desire for a meeting on the issue.

A five year old’s definition of a car could possibly be like so - “Something with four wheels, a roof, seats for four, can travel faster than walking”
When Indian Autos Blog Managing Editor, Mr.Shrawan called me up to inform that a Tata Nano was waiting to be driven, I wasn’t exactly the happiest man on the planet. Having driven Mercs, Beemers and a Corvette for pete’s sake! ‘it takes more than a Nano to get me excited Shrawan’, I said to myself.
While on my way to the Nano test drive spot, thoughts about the most common flaws in small cars (panel gaps, poor quality plastics, etc..) kept me occupied apart from driving. I framed a checklist of all of them, but then, its the cheapest car in the world, how can it possibly survive such a scrutiny? Having no answer for that question of mine, I prepared myself to see something very basic, crude and half done, something very close to the five year old’s definition of a car.
I was there, after an hours drive, to see a very excited Shrawan, eager to hop into the Nano for a spin. He had already seen the car at the Mumbai launch, but never got the chance to drive it. At first glance, the shiny silver Nano simply kicked me out of my pants!
At a 60 degree viewing angle from its front, with its tall stance, the car looked very good (way better than in pictures). At once, we began our flaw finding session hoping to find many with ease. To our surprise, we couldn’t find any major flaws - no aluminium foil body work, no flexible doors, no cardboard bumpers, no wooden gear lever, no plastic seats, no fabric dashboard, no train sized panel gaps.
I was amazed to find out that Tata Nano felt very much like a regular car. All that was left was to get in and drive it.
Once the engine was fired up, I was annoyed a bit. The engine was quite noisy (from outside), and the vibrations inside the car could be easily felt. Interior space (all seats) was adequate for six footers like me and Shrawan.
The car’s Aircon was powerful, but there is some compromise in power going to the wheels. The ride was surprisingly comfortable, and hand on my heart, I never felt insecure at any point while driving the car.