“The location of plant can be affected by political consideration also”. Explain the factors in the light of this statement.

I think that the implication of the statement is that political interests and business ones can work in collusion with one another.  It is no accident that commerce and politics have a very strong connection.  As seen best with the Industrialization period after the Civil War in American History, business leaders have always had some type of hand in political affairs.  The late Howard Zinn's essay, "Robber Barons and Rebels," in his "A People's History of the United States," shows this in a lucid and quite maginificent way.  The political affairs of the state are either influenced by or reflective of an active business culture of the state.  With this in mind, the location of a plant can be a political process, as much as a business one.  Leaders of the latter will go to great lengths in lobbying leaders of the former to share their vision.  With this in mind, the decision to locate a plant's factory could be made on a basis of commerce, but also might reflect political interests working in tandem with business ones.  Additionally, the specific decision to locate the plant in a rural or urban area, as well as other distinctions, could reflect political reality and influence.  For example, a case making much news is the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal, India.  Over time, Indian historians and thinkers have questioned why a plant producing such toxic gas and noxious fumes/ chemicals would have been allowed to be located in such a dense urban area that was so highly populated.  In this case, one has to presume that the location of the plan was affected by political considerations as well as economic ones, as it has been concluded that the lack of a governmental voice in this issue was a reflection of political miscommunication or governmental collusion with business interests.