Kolkata: CPI(M) today expressed dismay over the delay in execution of the Tatamotors small car project in Singur and said the chance of its commissioning would be remote.

"The more the project is delayed, the prospect of its coming up becomes bleaker" CPI(M) General Secretary, Prakash Karat told reporters at the airport here.

He said the Singur project was important for the industrialisation of the state.

The project is currently suspended following demand of the opposition parties for 400 acres of land for the farmers evicted from the area.