Tata Motors announced that it will be recalling a few of its small car Nano in order to set up security measures to stop the vehicle catching fire.

Tata Motors Managing Director (India Operations) P M Telang stated, "There are about 70,000 Nanos on the roads now, he added."

He added that around 70,000 Nanos have been sold thus far.

While answering that how many Nanos would be recalled, Telang stated, "We don't know exactly how many vehicles will be recalled as we have to check how many Nanos have to be rectified."

On Tuesday, Carl-Peter Forster, Tata Motors Group CEO and Managing Director, said that the company has decided to introduce extra security features in the world's cheapest car following reports of the car catching fire.

In the month of August, a sixth episode of a small car catching fire since it was commercially unveiled during March last year, was reported from New Delhi, three months after a company investigation affirmed the car was "completely safe".

During May, Tata Motors announced that an expert group detected 'no manufacturing faults' in the car.

The five preceding events were reported from across India, comprising Mumbai, Lucknow, Delhi and near Vadodara in Gujarat.