Newly erected wall will hide slums along Ahmedabad motorcade route, while others face eviction
“World’s largest democracy meets world’s oldest democracy” reads the welcome daubed in bright letters across a newly built wall in Ahmedabad. It will be a fleeting trip – lasting less than 36 hours – but Donald Trump’s arrival in India on Monday on his first official visit has prompted a frenzied, costly and controversial beautification drive by authorities.
In Ahmedabad, in the western state of Gujarat, where the US president will fly on Monday to attend a huge rally with the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, dubbed “Namaste Trump”, this 2 metre (6ft) wall has been a particular point of contention. Quickly erected this week, it serves to hide the stretch of slums along the route due to be taken by Trump’s motorcade.
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from MetNews https://metnews.pw/trump-got-his-wall-indian-city-rushes-to-beautify-before-visit/
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