Plan B

"Dharwad in Karnataka, which had been considered as a possible site for the Nano plant before Singur happened, came into the picture once again, but the uneven terrain there led to it being ruled out. Other sites, too, were evaluated, but none of these could match what was on offer at Sanand in Gujarat, a two-hour drive from Ahmedabad and separated by a million miles in temperament and political culture from Singur. The biggest advantage with the site at Sanand was that it had about 1,100 acres in a flat stretch under a single land survey number. Progress was swift once the decision on the site had been made. By October 7, a mere 96 hours after that dark day in Kolkata, the deal was sealed."
('Small Wonder: The making of the Nano,' by Philip Chacko, Christabelle Noronha and Sujata Agrawal, p. 85, Westland)