Something to be seen more often in the coming days. As I
have always been telling, urbanisation at the moment is happening at the cost
of the rural areas, their livelihoods and natural resources. There are many
conflicts happening already across the nation, unless we work towards bringing
equitable development these will grow and get difficult to resolve!
Ranjan Panda
Combat Climate Change Network, India
+91-9437050103
Email: ranjanpanda@gmail.com
'Leave us alone': India's villagers rebel against urbanisation
Gujarat, one of the fastest urbanising states in India, seems to be doing so against the wishes of its people
As you move west from the crowded old neighbourhoods of inner-city Ahmedabad, the roads broaden, buildings rise taller and BMWs line the streets. Old-timers here remember watching these wealthy, modern neighbourhoods engulf the countryside – the lush fields of wheat and corn that are now gone.
Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/feb/12/india-villagers-rebel-urbanisation-gujarat
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