GANDHI LOST IN MODI'S MODEL

Ahmedabad'shallmark of consensual politics inherited from Gandhi is being replaced bytop-down private sector approach to urban development that has no room for thepoor. This is the conclusion of a study funded by Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation

SUSHILABEN MANIBHAI NAIDU, 44

The government did not provide any financial assistance while displacing us. We have created these huts with our savings. The place is very unsafe for girls and being a mother of four girls I am always concerned about their safety. My husband had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that our entire family would commit suicide if we weren't provided with houses but we never got a response.