Gujarat civic body builds wall to shut out slum on Donald Trump route

[Kool_SRG]

The Ahmedabad civic body is building the wall, which is more than half a kilometre long and six to seven feet high, on the stretch that leads to Gandhinagar from Ahmedabad airport as part of its beautification drive around Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is building a wall along the road connecting the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Indira Bridge, ostensibly to mask the slum area on the likely route that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would take for the roadshow when the visiting leader lands in Ahmedabad on February 24. 

The civic body is building the wall, which is more than half a kilometre long and six to seven feet high, on the stretch that leads to Gandhinagar from Ahmedabad airport as part of its beautification drive around the airport and Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.

“The 6-7 feet high wall is being erected to cover the slum area on an estimated 600-metre stretch. This will be followed by plantation drive along the stretch,” said a senior AMC official who did not want to be named.

More than 500 kutcha houses with an estimated population of 2,500, are part of decades-old Dev Saran or Saraniyavaas slum area. The AMC is also planting fully grown date palms along the Sabarmati Riverfront stretch as part of the beautification.

A similar beautification was done during Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe’s two-day visit to Gujarat to attend the 12th India-Japan annual summit in 2017 as well as Vibrant Gujarat Summit the same year.

President Trump, in a video put out on Wednesday, was seen telling reporters how Modi told him there might be “5 to 7 million people just from the airport to the new stadium (Motera)”, which would be nearly the population of the whole of Ahmedabad city.

A roadshow is likely to be held from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera. Sources said instructions have been passed on to education departments in Ahmedabad district and city rural to arrange for 25,000 students each while a similar number of attendance has been demanded from the Gujarat University authorities. In addition to this, nearly 1,000 teachers each have been asked to be a part of the audience from both rural and city government schools.

Almost all district departments are busy working on a “fool proof” management of the event during the US first couple’s visit. Sixteen committees have been created under the core committee headed by the Collector.

Speaking to reporters at the Oval office a day after the White House announced dates of his visit, Trump said, “He (Modi) said we will have millions and millions of people. My only problem is that last night we probably had 40,000 or 50,000 people… I’m not going to feel so good… There will be five to seven million just from the airport to the new stadium. And you know is the largest stadium in the world. He’s (Modi) building it now…”

[Kool_SRG]

Another wall goes up for Trump, this time in India

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will be shielded from the sight of slums by a newly built wall when he visits the city of Ahmedabad during a visit to India this month.

A senior government said the wall was being built for security reasons, not to conceal the slum district.

But the contractor building it told Reuters the government “did not want the slum to be seen” when Trump passes by on the ride in from Ahmedabad’s airport.

“I’ve been ordered to build a wall as soon as possible, over 150 masons are working round-the-clock to finish the project,” the contractor said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The government official conceded that the wall was part of a “beautification and cleanliness” drive.

 

Whatever the reason, the 400-meter-long and seven-feet-high wall will prevent the U.S. leader from getting a glimpse of a slum district that houses an estimated 800 families.

Trump, who has made his pledge to build a wall along the United States’ border with Mexico a feature of his presidency, will visit India on Feb. 24-25 to reaffirm strategic ties that have been buffeted by trade disputes.

He is expected to attend an event dubbed “Kem Chho Trump” (“How are you, Trump”) at a stadium in Ahmedabad along the lines of the “Howdy Modi” extravaganza he hosted for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston last September.

Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump quoted Modi as saying “millions and millions of people” would attend the rally.

  The event provides Trump, who was impeached in December, with the opportunity to woo the support of hundreds of thousands of Indian-American voters ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November.

 

But some slum dwellers whose homes will be cordoned off by the wall in Ahmedabad - the largest city in Modi’s home state of Gujarat - said the government was wasting tax-payer money to hide the poor.

    “Poverty and slums are the reality of our life, but Modi’s government wants to hide the poor,” said Parvatbhai Mafabhai, a day worker who has lived there with his family for more than three decades.

 

[Kool_SRG]

Ahmedabad: Civic body builds wall to mask a slum area on Modi-Trump roadshow route, says report

The structure will come up along the road connecting the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Indira Bridge.

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denemma battalu sirigipothe battalu konukkodaniki dabbulu ela sampadinchi kotthavi konukkovalane aalochana lekunda sirigina chota athukuleskunnattu eellu mundhu nundi beautification panulu cheyyakunda trump gaadu vasthunnaadani ittaanti panulu chesthunnaara akkadiki trump gaadiki india slum gurinchi thelinattu

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2 minutes ago, aakathaai789 said:

denemma battalu sirigipothe battalu konukkodaniki dabbulu ela sampadinchi kotthavi konukkovalane aalochana lekunda sirigina chota athukuleskunnattu eellu mundhu nundi beautification panulu cheyyakunda trump gaadu vasthunnaadani ittaanti panulu chesthunnaara akkadiki trump gaadiki india slum gurinchi thelinattu

Siripoyina battalu pai coat esi covering chesinattu 

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1 minute ago, Kool_SRG said:

Siripoyina battalu pai coat esi covering chesinattu 

denemma pelaalu yerukune batchee akkademo goda katti trump gadini goda saatuna pilichi lechipoina chelli kaallu leni thalli chaduvu aagipoina thammudu bharya lechipoina babai laanti cinema kashtalu cheppi chebadhulu aduguthaademoo

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35 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Siripoyina battalu pai coat esi covering chesinattu 

true 

[Anta Assamey]

Building a Wall is a symbolisms to Trump ....

Hyderabad lo road lu padali ante Ivanka rąvali .... Road la meda Walls kattali ante Trump ravali ....

[AbhiiRama]

53 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

The Ahmedabad civic body is building the wall, which is more than half a kilometre long and six to seven feet high, on the stretch that leads to Gandhinagar from Ahmedabad airport as part of its beautification drive around Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is building a wall along the road connecting the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Indira Bridge, ostensibly to mask the slum area on the likely route that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would take for the roadshow when the visiting leader lands in Ahmedabad on February 24. 

The civic body is building the wall, which is more than half a kilometre long and six to seven feet high, on the stretch that leads to Gandhinagar from Ahmedabad airport as part of its beautification drive around the airport and Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.

“The 6-7 feet high wall is being erected to cover the slum area on an estimated 600-metre stretch. This will be followed by plantation drive along the stretch,” said a senior AMC official who did not want to be named.

More than 500 kutcha houses with an estimated population of 2,500, are part of decades-old Dev Saran or Saraniyavaas slum area. The AMC is also planting fully grown date palms along the Sabarmati Riverfront stretch as part of the beautification.

A similar beautification was done during Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe’s two-day visit to Gujarat to attend the 12th India-Japan annual summit in 2017 as well as Vibrant Gujarat Summit the same year.

President Trump, in a video put out on Wednesday, was seen telling reporters how Modi told him there might be “5 to 7 million people just from the airport to the new stadium (Motera)”, which would be nearly the population of the whole of Ahmedabad city.

A roadshow is likely to be held from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera. Sources said instructions have been passed on to education departments in Ahmedabad district and city rural to arrange for 25,000 students each while a similar number of attendance has been demanded from the Gujarat University authorities. In addition to this, nearly 1,000 teachers each have been asked to be a part of the audience from both rural and city government schools.

Almost all district departments are busy working on a “fool proof” management of the event during the US first couple’s visit. Sixteen committees have been created under the core committee headed by the Collector.

Speaking to reporters at the Oval office a day after the White House announced dates of his visit, Trump said, “He (Modi) said we will have millions and millions of people. My only problem is that last night we probably had 40,000 or 50,000 people… I’m not going to feel so good… There will be five to seven million just from the airport to the new stadium. And you know is the largest stadium in the world. He’s (Modi) building it now…”

Oh man, don’t do this! I am not visiting Gujjurath soon 

[Kool_SRG]

1 minute ago, Anta Assamey said:

Building a Wall is a symbolisms to Trump ....

Hyderabad lo road lu padali ante Ivanka rąvali .... Road la meda Walls kattali ante Trump ravali ....

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4 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Bhakt batch digaledenti Inka!!

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Cat closing eyes and drinking milk. 

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12 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Petition lu Capitol/White House pettukunte better ... 

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yup.. Trump loves Walls... 

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where are the Bhakts of tis DB.. usual ga ee time ki full batch digutadi ga..

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