Modi Targets Land Disputes That Cripple India’s Infrastructure
- Draft bill offers guarantee of accuracy for land titling
- Official says ‘could be a game changer or become disastrous’
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Twice a day at rush hour, more than 3 million cars clog Mumbai’s streets and nearly 4 million commuters squeeze onto overcrowded trains, while a four-decade land dispute that has prevented India’s financial capital from building a modern metro system continues to simmer.
The spat over a location to house train carriages has indefinitely delayed the construction of a metro that could decongest the city and bring $4.2 billion worth of investments. And that’s not the only Indian mega-project shelved or scrapped because of land troubles: Other casualties include a $17 billion bullet train, a $12 billion steel project and more than 700 road projects.