OUR LAND, THEIR DEVELOPMENT: A PHOTO ESSAY ON SINGUR Speak Out In Motion, 4-6 September 2006 Photos and text by Gilbert Sape, PAN AP Singur is neither dry nor abandoned land. It is beaming with life. Its lush and multi-crop land yields 8,000 to 9,000 tons of rice, wheat, vegetables and jute per year. Why is the West Bengal government hell-bent on acquiring this fertile land when there is available non-agricultural land in other location?