sameeksha Current Issue : VOL 45 No. 06 February 06 - February 12, 2010    See Full Contents>>
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    Basti Redevelopment in Kolkata   (20th September 2008)
     V Ramaswamy
          The proposal by the West Bengal government to permit multi-storeyed buildings on ‘thika’ tenancy land in Kolkata raises a lot of questions about the terms on which the land would be given to private builders and the fate of the present dwellers. Nearly three lakh people are directly and indirectly employed in basti-based manufacture of basic items in the city’s economy.


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