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Modi govt targets land disputes that cripple India's infrastructure

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

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NITI Aayog has crafted a new model Bill in which states will guarantee the accuracy of land titles and provide compensation in case of disputes, replacing colonial-era laws

Archana Chaudhary & Bibhudatta Pradhan | Bloomberg
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