Mumbai struggles to catch up with Shanghai Mar 16, 2005
By Siddharth Srivastava
NEW DELHI - The one difference between development -............................................old rant................
There is a reason for me to post this article dated back in 2005, cos i found so many predictions regarding India's future, its getting really annoying indeed, some could be talking about 2050. Now a prediction, a grand promise your PM made back in 2004 that in 5 yrs, people will forget about Shanghai and Mumbai will become the focal point, now its 2010, 7 yrs later, what happen ? Time to Wake-up
No, the reason for your post is to start fanboy flame war and nothing else.
Now if you really want to know the reason why we cannot make Mumbai something like Shanghai so quickly, check out the following success story of the communist party in Shanghai:
China silences women housing rights activists ahead of Shanghai Expo, News, Amnesty International Australia - Working to Protect Human Rights
Forced evictions began on a large scale in Shanghai in 2000. Starting from 2005, the Shanghai Expo coordinating bureau began relocating nearly 20,000 people from the central Shanghai site that it plans to use only for the six-month duration of Expo 2010. The Shanghai Expo site has displaced 18,000 households, according to its own figures.
Shen Pelan, who lives in Minhang district, has been detained nearly 100 times since 2000.
At least 3,000 families are victims of Minhang district demolition. They are so poor that many have no place for shelter. Some rent a very small room without a toilet. I really can not stand to see people live like this and not speak out, she told Amnesty International.
Mao Hengfeng has been repeatedly detained by the authorities for her work defending womens reproductive rights, as well as victims of forced evictions.
She was given 18 months Re-education Through Labour on 4 March 2010 for taking part in a peaceful demonstration in support of imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo.
On top you insult the evictees by the forced labour = re-education.
Congratulations on Shanghai!!