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<Kanika Datta: Growing at the expense of nature SWOT Kanika Datta / New
Delhi August 23, 2007
The construction boom, powered principally by retail, hotels and housing, is
the most visible sign of India's emerging economic prosperity. It is also
providing better employment and better wages for unorganised sector workers
in a manner that is probably more effective - though still flawed - than the
well-intentioned legislation to compensate this vast section of the labour
force.
Certainly, construction is a key sign of economic growth. But if the
overarching benefits are unexceptionable, the downside is no less. The
competition for water and other resources, not to speak of the inevitable
traffic crises that unchecked construction activity generates, is an issue
that attracts regular media coverage. Less noticed but also worth a serious
thought is the growing human-animal conflict in urban India. >>>
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