Marginal Revolution: The politics of infrastructure in India

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The politics of infrastructure in India Apr 28th 2013, 05:37 Tapan Kumar Chowdhury, 62, a retiree now working as an activist in the colony, said legalized status would be likely to improve sanitation and local health standards through installation of a true sewage system. But he remained skeptical about whether the election-year promises would be carried out, noting that politicians preferred to keep colonies vulnerable so that residents remained more beholden to them for even incremental improvements. "They have a vested interest in keeping us illegal and unauthorized," he said, "so they can use us as a vote bank." Here is more.

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