Economics
Taj Highway Clash Shows Struggle for Land as India Grows
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A deadly confrontation this week over a highway to the Taj Mahal may add pressure on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to accelerate changes to land laws as growth threatens to alienate the nation’s 234 million farmers.
Police in the nation’s Uttar Pradesh state clashed with villagers demanding greater compensation for land earmarked for a new motorway from New Delhi to the city of Agra, home to the Taj Mahal, the 17th century monument that is India’s biggest tourist attraction. Two policeman and two farmers were killed.