Kolkata, July 29 - An NRI industrialist says a civic body run by West Bengal's ruling Left Front has advised him to talk to the main opposition Trinamool Congress before acquiring land for a project.

Astonfield Renewable Resources Limited (ARRL) is awaiting approval to set up a 54 MW waste energy generating unit in Kolkata's eastern fringes with an investment of Rs.600 crore.

The project is proposed to supply 37 MW to the grid and the rest is for internal consumption.

'I've had meetings with authorities of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and they asked me to talk to the opposition Trinamool Congress leadership to resolve the land issue before any acquisition,' Astonfield Management Inc co-chairman and director Sourabh Sen said here Wednesday.

'I have still not been given clearances to start the project. My project partner Veolia ES has categorically told us to pull out the investment and move out of this state.'

He said the company required only 30 acres of land, out of total 186 hectares, at the proposed site of Dhapa ground for setting up the unit.

The proposal for the project was first made in 2007 and it was initially cleared by the state government after some technical revisions.